Enslaved by the Screens? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00When something fancy comes in front of you on the screen or somewhere, you just feel compelled and the visuals and the audios and the narrative

00:09that just overpowers you. Does it not? Like the eyes, they are gone.

00:13They are no more yours. The screen has captivated the eyes. The narrative has enchanted the mind. It's all gone.

00:19You are enslaved. Can you question the screen? Can you pause the video and say, well, I have a question to ask.

00:25Can you do that? You can't.

00:26Even if that fellow is speaking live, chances are he will not accept live questions.

00:32Even if he does accept a live question, chances are he will not tolerate cross-questioning.

00:37He will not allow the real thing to emerge.

00:40So there is no need as young people for you all to just fall for the stories.

00:46They are stories. They are very, very carefully written stories.

00:50Every single aspect of that story is minutely manufactured before the story is released.