Acharya Prashant addresses a question regarding the character Ellsworth Twohey from Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead' and the tendency of society to cling to the past in fields like music and architecture. He explains that the perceived conflict between the individual and a 'wicked society' is often a form of self-gratification. He asserts that society is not an external entity but is composed of individuals like ourselves. Therefore, blaming professors or authorities for a lack of freedom is an attempt to abrogate personal responsibility. He emphasizes that both the 'antiquated' professor and the 'modern' student are equally victims of the same conditioning, as both are mentally occupied with ghosts of the past, whether through textbooks or digital memories.