Acharya Prashant questions the purpose of discussing the absolute if nothing in one's life is absolute and everything is diluted, corrupted, mixed, and balanced. He posits that there should be something non-negotiable in life, which he defines as an absolute—something one can never, ever agree to compromise. He observes that for most people, there is nothing they can never agree or disagree with; everything is negotiable and exists in a grey zone. Such individuals are amenable to anything and everything given the right conditions or the 'right price.' For these people, everything is for sale and carries a price tag. Even if the price is steep, it is still up for sale, a state of being that the speaker deems unacceptable. He argues that if there is nothing in your life that can never be compromised, you are dangerous. Unless there is something dearer to you than life itself, something for which you are prepared to happily die, you are not truly alive. He asserts that even a misled religious fanatic or idealist is better than the well-adjusted common man. This is because the fanatic, though misled, has an ideal—something bigger and higher than his mortal pleasures—and possesses the courage to sacrifice. The common man, in contrast, has only his body and seeks happiness, pleasure, and comfort. He can sell anything for the right price, which doesn't need to be high because his standards and self-esteem are low. The speaker concludes that a person is a 'common man' precisely because he values himself so lowly, making him willing to sell out for a price that merely makes him salivate.