Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why the world and its objects fail to provide lasting satisfaction by using an analogy. He explains that if a person needs medicine but goes to a sweet shop, eats all the sweets, and then falls ill, the fault lies not with the shop but with the person for entering the wrong place. The shop itself is neither right nor wrong. The fundamental problem is a lack of self-knowledge. Without knowing one's true condition and needs, one seeks fulfillment in the wrong places, which is the condition of all humanity. We then blame these external objects for our dissatisfaction, but they did not force themselves upon us. We chose them and even paid a price for them based on a flawed understanding of ourselves. For instance, identifying with bodily hunger leads to seeking sweets, making a superficial need the ultimate goal of life. Humans have numerous identities but forget their core, fundamental one. When this central identity is forgotten and importance is given to external things, the results are also merely external and superficial. You get what you ask for. If you had asked for something central from your central identity, you would have received it. Instead, by making the ego the king of your life, you ensure your life is run by its flawed priorities, leading to ruin. The world is neither good nor bad in itself; its value is relative to the individual. A medicine can save one person and harm another. Similarly, things in the world are not inherently flawed. The issue is choosing the wrong things due to a lack of self-awareness. The speaker advises that if one doesn't know what is right, one should start by recognizing what is wrong. By negating all that is false, one can eventually arrive at the truth of one's being. The core issue is not the world's flaw, but our own lack of self-awareness, which leads us to make choices that do not serve our true selves.