Acharya Prashant responds to a question about why hatred and jealousy exist if everything is fundamentally one at the subatomic level. He explains that while matter, like a quark, exists, there is also a "somebody" who is the quark. The quark itself does not declare, "I am a quark." An electron or a proton does not declare its identity. This sense of "I-ness" is what is missing in the objective universe. The table, for instance, never says, "I am a table," but a person says, "I am the owner of the table." This "I-ness" is the consciousness that is missing from the objective universe. This consciousness, or the "I," is not content with what it is. It constantly wants to become something else. This process of becoming is what leads to conflict. For example, to become a boyfriend from a mere boy, one must use the girl as an object. This objectification and use of others to fulfill one's ambition to become something else is the root of conflict. This inner dissatisfaction manifests as frustration and hatred. We are all carrying identities, and each identity comes from an association with a certain object. When you say, "I am a boy," you are identifying with the male body. When you say, "I am rich," you are identifying with the object of money. Acharya Prashant points out that our education system focuses exclusively on objects. We know a lot about the objective world, like the microphone or the anatomy of the eye, but we know very little about the consciousness that speaks into the microphone or the one who looks through the eyes. This lack of self-knowledge is problematic. Without knowing who you are, you cannot know where you need to reach. The result is a life spent hustling without ever really reaching a state of fulfillment. This inner, hungry consciousness, which can be called the ego, mind, or consciousness, is unfulfilled and seeks satisfaction through material objects and achievements. This constant, unfulfilled striving, coupled with vast objective knowledge, leads to massive destruction, such as climate change and mental health epidemics.