Acharya Prashant explains that the high levels of anxiety found in today's college students, which match clinical levels from fifty years ago, are driven by two main factors: forced consumerism and a decline in wisdom. He notes that the scientific revolution has created a massive increase in consumer objects, and media constantly bombards individuals with advertisements to create artificial demand. This leads to frustration and a sense of missing out, as people compare their lives to curated images on social media. Furthermore, he argues that modern education focuses on professional success while neglecting wisdom literature and core values like patience and honesty. This lack of inner balance results in various psychological disorders and a sense of emptiness. To overcome this, he advises being cautious of how markets manipulate desires and encourages students to actively engage with wisdom literature from great thinkers to gain a deeper understanding of life.