Acharya Prashant explains that the materialistic approach of developed nations is not inherently wrong, but rather incomplete. Drawing from Vedanta, he clarifies that education must consist of two essential components: worldly knowledge (Apara-Vidya) and inner knowledge. He emphasizes that ignoring material advancement leads to suffering and vulnerability, noting that India historically suffered and faced colonization because it lacked the material and technological strength to defend its freedom. According to the Upanishads, a lack of worldly knowledge can lead to a worse state of suffering than a lack of spiritual knowledge, as it leaves one susceptible to external enslavement and superstition.