Acharya Prashant explains that the rise of extremism in political, religious, and social spheres is indicative of a central, common problem: a deep internal thirst or void within the human mind. He notes that this extremism is not limited to human behavior but extends to environmental factors like global temperatures and forest depletion. All these external extremes, whether they involve consumption, technology, or knowledge, arise from a state of despondency and neurosis that is unequaled in history. He argues that while the world has become more prosperous and knowledgeable, this progress is entirely external, leaving an unaddressed hollow in the human chest.
