Acharya Prashant explains that our conventional understanding of right and wrong is entirely borrowed from external sources such as parents, society, and religion. He argues that ethics and morality are often imposed from the outside rather than being discovered through one's own intelligence. This reliance on external dictates results in a botched and unintelligent human being who merely repeats inherited mantras without understanding. He points out the fallibility of these moral codes, noting how they vary across different countries, religions, and time periods, illustrating that what is considered right in one context is often deemed wrong in another. He asserts that the only true wrong is stupidity, which he defines as being distracted, inattentive, and failing to exercise one's own intelligence. He observes that people often live like garbage bins, collecting beliefs, goals, and purposes from others while remaining afraid of their own inherent intelligence. This fear arises because acting as an individual feels insecure compared to the safety of following the crowd. Acharya Prashant encourages facing this fear and acting with intelligence, even if society labels such actions as wrong or criminal. He concludes that the only right is to act from one's own understanding and to live a life that is not dictated by others, despite the courage and sacrifice it may require.
