In response to a question about the increasing prevalence of non-vegetarian food at IIT Roorkee, Acharya Prashant explains that this shift reflects a broader cultural degradation in the current generation of youth. He attributes this decline in values primarily to the advent of cheap and free internet data. This easy access to information has paradoxically led to a decrease in the level of knowledge, as people are inundated with a flood of base and filthy content which they, due to their inner animalistic nature, are more drawn to than to wisdom. Acharya Prashant argues that the ideals for today's youth are no longer figures like Shri Krishna or Buddha, but rather vulgar and shallow social media influencers. These influencers, promoted for profit, have become the new role models, and their rise has coincided with a decline in the availability of spiritual literature, such as the works of J. Krishnamurti or Osho, in bookstores. The youth, lacking worldly experience, are easily fooled into thinking that this is empowerment, adopting a philosophy of "my life, my choice" and prioritizing personal pleasure above all else. He contends that eating meat is not a personal matter, as it has significant public consequences. He links animal agriculture directly to climate change, noting that methane from livestock is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Furthermore, the vast amount of land cleared for animal farming contributes to deforestation and the extinction of numerous species. The speaker asserts that the current generation is largely ignorant of these scientific and ecological facts because their time is consumed by junk content online. He concludes that where there is no religion or spirituality, which teaches values like compassion and sacrifice, violence is inevitable. The shift towards non-vegetarianism is a symptom of this deeper issue: a generation that has lost its connection to spiritual values and is guided by a shallow, self-serving philosophy obtained from unworthy sources.