A 28-year-old man from a joint family in Delhi expresses his concern about the stark contrast between the older and younger generations in his family. He recalls that 20 years ago, his father, uncles, and elder brothers were serious, deep, and mature, and the family was proud of their strength. However, he now observes that the teenage nephews and cousins, aged 12 to 22, appear confident and aggressive on the outside but are scared and weak within. He mentions that his teenage nephew was recently diagnosed with severe depression, and another teenage boy in the family was involved in alcohol and online sex. He is shocked by this decline in his educated and cultured family and asks who is responsible. Acharya Prashant responds that this is a global phenomenon, not just confined to the questioner's family. He cites a study by the American Psychological Association which found that since 2005, depression among teenagers and young adults has increased by 52-63%. He also refers to Professor Jean Twenge's research, which states that today's teens are five times more stressed than those during the Great Depression, and that mental illness has been on the rise since the 1930s. Further statistics reveal that a teenager commits suicide every 100 minutes due to depression, and about 20% of teens experience depression before adulthood. Suicide rates among young people are at their highest since the year 2000. Additionally, the Flynn effect, which showed rising IQ levels for a century, has reversed in the last 20-25 years, with IQs declining, particularly in children born after 2000. Acharya Prashant attributes this crisis primarily to social media, which negatively affects the youth in two main ways. First, it creates a fake self-image. Youth are exposed to glorified, artificial virtual images of others, which pressures them to project a similar fake persona. This fragile self-image shatters when confronted with real-life challenges, leading to suffering, loss of self-esteem, and neurosis. Second, it promotes toxic social media influencers. Many mediocre individuals achieve quick fame and money by promoting harmful beliefs and behaviors, becoming role models for the youth by showing that success can be attained through cheap and filthy means. The speaker warns that India's future is being shaped by these lowly influencers, as very vile and stupid people have become popular youth icons. He contrasts these modern influencers with the great young achievers from history, such as revolutionaries like Khudiram Bose, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Binoy, Badal, Dinesh, Shanti Ghosh, Suniti Choudhury, Pritilata Waddedar, Kalpana Datta, and Kanaklata Barua, who sacrificed their lives for the nation at a very young age. He also mentions great minds from science and spirituality like Blaise Pascal, John von Neumann, Marie Curie, Maria Agnesi, Swami Vivekananda, and Adi Shankara, who had high ideals and the company of great people. Today's youth, he laments, are unaware of these true role models. The problem is that the 'rascals' of the 80s and 90s are now social media superstars, entering homes through gadgets without parents realizing the poison being fed to their children. He concludes with an appeal to parents to be vigilant about their children's online company and to inspire them with higher ideals, emphasizing that if the youth is lost, the nation is lost.