Acharya Prashant discusses the prevalence of living in delusions and dreams rather than facing reality. He shares an anecdote about a father who insisted on his son pursuing computer science at a top institute despite the boy lacking basic knowledge of physics and performing poorly in school. He explains that truth is like poison to those who cling to dreams, and when confronted with reality, such individuals often become resentful or even violent. He highlights the absurdity of twelve lakh candidates applying for the UPSC exam when there are fewer than a thousand seats, suggesting that people lack self-awareness and wait for external institutions to repeatedly declare them unfit rather than assessing their own capabilities. He argues that while effort is important, the massive gap between the number of applicants and available positions indicates a state of collective unconsciousness. Furthermore, Acharya Prashant questions why young people in their twenties are preoccupied with old-age security and pensions instead of addressing the immediate challenges of the present. He recounts a personal experience from his time at IIM where an interviewer suggested he stick to a government job for the sake of a pension, a notion he found ridiculous at the age of twenty-four. He uses the analogy of Arjun in Kurukshetra, noting that a warrior must focus on the strength of the enemy and his own arrows in the moment rather than worrying about white hair or walking sticks forty years into the future. He emphasizes that with urgent global issues like climate change, there is no guarantee of what the world will look like in thirty years, making the obsession with long-term security a distraction from the necessary actions of today.