Acharya Prashant begins by stating that an epiphany is a sudden realization of truth, and to reach truth, one must first be in touch with facts. He questions whether we are truly grounded in facts and introduces his presentation, "Missing the Obvious: Far and Near," which examines two sets of facts: those that are "far and wide" (global and macro) and those that are more personal and micro. The speaker first addresses the "far" facts related to destructive consumption, which leads to all-time high CO2 emissions. He notes that pre-industrial CO2 levels were 280 ppm, rose to 310 ppm by 1950, and are currently around 420 ppm, a 50% increase. This consumption, driven by energy, heat, transport, and food—especially animal products like flesh and dairy—causes the greenhouse effect, leading to a global mean temperature rise of 1.6°F. This is projected to increase to 1.6°C by 2050, an optimistic estimate. He points to the consequences, such as a sea-level rise of nearly 100mm, the potential for 1.2 billion climate refugees, and the fact that we are in the sixth mass extinction phase, with an extinction rate 1000 to 10,000 times the natural rate. He highlights that humans and their livestock now represent 96% of all mammal biomass, while wild mammals are only 4%. Despite these alarming facts, major news networks devote less than four hours per year to climate change, and nearly 50% of the public does not fully believe that global warming is anthropogenic, which the speaker calls a superstition. Next, Acharya Prashant discusses the "near" or personal facts, starting with self-deception. He dismisses the notion that planting trees is a sufficient solution, explaining that achieving 'net zero' emissions by 2050 would require afforesting a landmass five times the size of India. He then points to the self-deception in our spending priorities, noting that while India is the world's second-largest consumer of gold, largely for bridal jewelry, it ranks very low (#142, #144, #146) in per capita income, education, and health spending. He also highlights the destructive consumption of data, with the average Indian mobile user consuming nearly 20 GB per month and teenagers spending over eight hours daily on screens, mostly on social media trivia. This has led to a loss of creativity, a decline in readership, and a fall in global IQ scores, a reverse Flynn Effect. He connects the violence against animals in fisheries, beef, and dairy industries to violence against women, citing India's abysmal sex ratio (#189) and the high number of suicides among housewives, which exceeds that of farmers. He argues that a person who can kill an innocent animal for pleasure will not spare an innocent girl, emphasizing that the killer is the same.