Acharya Prashant critiques the popular notion of 'living in the moment'. He questions the wisdom of wanting to drink alcohol in the present while completely ignoring or forgetting what the consequences will be tomorrow. He points out that a new trend or cult of 'living in the moment' has emerged, which advocates for neither thinking about the past nor the future, but just immersing oneself in the now. He illustrates the folly of this idea with an example: someone who drank alcohol yesterday and fell into a drain decides not to think about it. Today, they are drinking again and choose not to think about the consequences tomorrow. This is because thinking about the past or the future would compel them to quit drinking. So, they adopt the philosophy of 'live in the now'. The speaker identifies this as a consumerist idea, possibly originating from America, that encourages the immediate fulfillment of all desires without considering the consequences. He states that the issue is not whether to focus on the past, the present, or the future. The real question is, who is the one who is looking? He gives contrasting examples to make his point. A criminal planning a robbery is also thinking about the future. Similarly, Madan Mohan Malviya, while planning to establish a university in Banaras, was also thinking about the future. Both are looking towards the future, but there is a difference in the one who is looking. Acharya Prashant concludes that looking towards the future is not a sin or a crime. The problem is that often, the one looking towards the future does so with bad intentions. He emphasizes that if you look towards the future while being established in truth, you have done a good thing. Similarly, there is no harm in looking towards the past. The crucial questions to ask are: who is looking at the past, and why are they looking? The focus should be on the observer and their intention, not on the timeframe they are considering.