Acharya Prashant addresses the relevance of wisdom literature by distinguishing between two types of knowledge. The first is the knowledge of "stuff"—all the miscellaneous literature we read about objects and things that occur to us, the subjects. This is knowledge about things we can hold, feel, name, and process. The second, and more crucial, type of knowledge is about the one to whom the knowledge comes, the knower or the subject itself. He emphasizes that it is extremely important to know the one who is accumulating knowledge and to ask fundamental questions like, "Why do we need knowledge at all?" and "For what purpose are we gathering it?" Without this inquiry, our pursuits become quite mechanical. It is possible to acquire a great deal of knowledge, but it might be used by a center within us that is not in congruence with our own welfare. Therefore, one must ask, "Who is desirous of this knowledge, and what am I going to use it for?" Wisdom literature, he explains, is precisely this knowledge about who you are. It is about the center within that is desirous of knowledge, the one who is doing, trying, competing, and accumulating. It prompts one to question what this center hopes to gain, whether those hopes are materializing, and if not, why one continues to invest in an entity that perpetually fails to deliver. This is why wisdom literature is far more important than all other "stuff" we read, including institutionalized knowledge. Acharya Prashant clarifies that this is self-knowledge or self-inquiry, which is not mystical or esoteric but as simple as questioning one's own intentions. He concludes that this self-knowledge is more important than having the know-how of the world's systems, technology, politics, or society, as it addresses the very core of the individual who engages with the world.