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An IIT - IIM education must widen your choices, not limit them || Acharya Prashant, with youth(2018)
Acharya Prashant
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8 years ago
Education
Liberation
Spirituality
Welfare
Individuality
Clarity
Science and Technology
Humanities
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the common misconception that elite education should lead to a narrow, predetermined career path. He argues that the true purpose of education is to be a liberating force that widens one's choices and possibilities, rather than a constraining force that forces one to follow a particular script or trend. He observes that it is tragic when intelligent students from premier institutions follow identical career paths, suggesting that breaking away from the norm should be the standard for an empowered individual. He emphasizes that education should provide the clarity to know what is right and the courage to commit to it wholeheartedly, rather than living a life of compulsion or ignorance. Furthermore, Acharya Prashant challenges the assumption that technical or managerial work is superior to the study of humanities or spirituality. He explains that while science and technology deal with tangible, measurable things, spirituality addresses the subtle and intangible aspects of life like peace, joy, and understanding. He asserts that all human progress and advancement are ultimately for welfare, and spirituality provides a dimensionally higher component of welfare that science cannot reach. He concludes that without the wisdom of spirituality to guide it, the products of science and technology may be misdirected toward devastation instead of human peace.