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Our youth are facing silent trauma. Who'll speak about it? || Acharya Prashant, IIT-Guwahati (2023)
Breaking Free
12.7K views
2 years ago
Suicide
Spirituality
Consumption
Industrial Revolution
Self-knowledge
Mental Health
Materialism
Philosophy
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the alarming rise in suicide rates, particularly among the youth, by identifying two primary systemic causes: the industrial production ethic and the demise of true spirituality. He explains that human beings are born with an inherent sense of incompleteness and restlessness. In recent decades, the industrial revolution has flooded the market with goods, and producers have cunningly instilled a philosophy that consumption is the purpose of life. This forced consumption dictates that a person's worth is measured solely by their material acquisitions and financial success, leading to a perpetual state of dissatisfaction because material goods can never provide ultimate peace.