Acharya Prashant explains that the current era is marked by a deep-seated disrespect and ridicule toward knowledge and experts. This animosity arises because knowledge demands a price of effort and elevation that most are unwilling to pay. Consequently, people find satisfaction in seeing highly educated individuals or prestigious institutions fail or submit to uneducated masses. He notes that when individuals from elite backgrounds like NASA or MIT turn to spirituality, they are often used as tools to mock the very institutions they came from, serving as a way for the common person to feel superior to those high standards of knowledge.