Acharya Prashant observes that while modern education covers a vast array of subjects like science, history, and technology, it completely neglects the most fundamental entity: the self. He explains that students spend their lives gathering a personality, which is merely an external collection of traits and knowledge, while failing to attend to the subject at the center of all experience. He asserts that the subject—the 'I'—is primary and far more important than any external object, yet education trains individuals to prioritize society, family, and career over themselves.