Acharya Prashant explains that the need to prove oneself to the world stems from a lack of self-belief. When you do not have faith in yourself, you want others to reassure you that you are okay. If you knew for yourself that you are fine, high, complete, happy, or beautiful, you would not go to others seeking validation. This need arises from an inner hollowness. The more of a fool a person is, the more they will need praise from others to feel proven or approved. This is a straightforward matter. If a person has full confidence and knows they are okay, they will not go around seeking testimony or support from others. The speaker points out the irony that in the most fundamental matters of life, people, especially the youth, do not know their own minds and ask others for their opinion, even in relationships. They engage in love to show off to others and for the sake of showing off. This happens when one does not know oneself, which in scriptural language is called self-knowledge (Atma-gyan). Self-knowledge is not about religious symbols but simply means knowing what is happening within you. We are most ignorant about ourselves. For external things, one can use Google, but if you do not know yourself, who will tell you? You might claim to be in love when it is something else entirely, but you genuinely do not know what is happening inside you. The speaker critiques the modern culture of "I'll do as I please," pointing out that the "I" itself is not understood. This creates an inner contradiction where one claims independence but is deeply affected by external validation, like social media likes, which leads to suffering. This is an inner contradiction, and those caught in it will be in great pain.