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Acharya Prashant
  • 5/28/2025
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00:00A South American country brought about changes in its constitution.
00:11They actually overhauled their entire constitution and the constitution is now almost founded
00:19on giving great rights to the climate, to the various animal and bird species.
00:36And it's a document worth humiliating.
00:42I think a lot of countries in the coming years will take inspiration from it
00:47and actually need to take inspiration from it.
00:52So that could be done.
00:55But profit is profit, greed is greed.
01:03And when we do not respect the rights of sentient beings,
01:12people in flesh and blood we can see and talk to,
01:16how will we respect the rights of something a little abstract as the climate?
01:28You know, the climate is not going to come and talk to you and plead to you as a person.
01:35And the climate is not going to sue you on its own.
01:40Somebody needs to act on behest of the climate as a proxy.
01:48So I don't think we are going to be very respectful towards the climate on our own,
01:53even though the right legislations are important and must be there.
01:58So what to do then?
02:01You know, you need to tell people.
02:05There has to be the right kind of knowledge.
02:12What is happening is,
02:15we are in the middle of an information revolution, right?
02:21We all know we are.
02:22But this information revolution has not increased knowledge.
02:30It has not increased knowledge and for sure it has decreased wisdom.
02:40Why?
02:42Because there is so much information available to us,
02:46this part we see.
02:48What we do not see is that
02:50the opportunity to disseminate misinformation is now
02:56greatly available to the miscreants.
03:02So you get a lot of information today.
03:06Several hundred times more than what you used to get 30 years back.
03:12But most of what we are getting now is misinformation
03:15or disinformation or false information
03:20or misleading information
03:22or distracting information.
03:26So the result is that
03:28the quality of our knowledge has greatly fallen.
03:34And knowledge is what forms our insides.
03:38On the outside we are made of
03:42food, air, water, flesh bones.
03:49On the inside we are made of knowledge.
03:52And the knowledge that constitutes our insides
03:55has become all corrupted.
03:59So what will happen is that
04:01there is this factory
04:02and this factory is harming
04:04the health of the local environment as you said.
04:08Right?
04:10But people have been taught
04:12that comfort and greed are more important.
04:19More important than
04:20the health of the environment.
04:25That needs to change.
04:27Is it okay if I add on?
04:29What about the nature of
04:32human nature to survive?
04:34But it also prompts us
04:36to prioritize ourselves more
04:38and also adds on to that greed
04:40because naturally we want to survive.
04:44You see,
04:46we need to appreciate
04:49the
04:51nature of the beast within
04:58more clearly.
04:59There was this
05:00COVID
05:01pandemic
05:04and people knew that
05:06if they would behave in certain ways
05:08they may even die.
05:10Did they still behave rationally?
05:14The climate crisis
05:15does not even threaten you that much.
05:19Nobody will say that
05:21if the climate keeps worsening
05:22then by next year
05:2435% of the world's population
05:26will be wiped out.
05:28So when it comes to
05:30having a good time
05:32when it comes to having pleasure
05:33the beast within
05:35is prepared
05:36to trade
05:39long term
05:41wellness
05:42for instant
05:44gratification.
05:47Long term wellness
05:48can wait.
05:49After all,
05:49we do not know
05:50whether we would be
05:51around
05:51in the long term.
05:54And somebody said
05:54in the long term
05:55we are all dead.
05:57Anyway.
05:58So why not have a good time
06:00as long as it lasts?
06:04So that's how the
06:05please.
06:07Yes.
06:08You have also mentioned
06:09that
06:09how
06:12with the skin condition
06:13if
06:13it doesn't affect us directly
06:15we more than likely
06:16won't see it.
06:17And
06:17I'm thinking that
06:18this is also
06:19what is
06:21what you're
06:22trying to infer
06:23with the climate crisis.
06:24We can't really see it directly
06:25so therefore
06:26it's easier for us
06:27to ignore it
06:28and push it aside.
06:30So let me add
06:31rather let me ask you
06:33what is it
06:34that we can see directly?
06:35You cannot
06:36for example
06:37see at this moment
06:38the
06:39the carbon dioxide
06:40concentration
06:41in the
06:42in the air
06:43increasing.
06:44We cannot see that.
06:45We don't even actually
06:46have instruments
06:46to measure that.
06:47The common man
06:48does not have that.
06:49but what is it
06:50that we
06:51can see
06:52worsening
06:53on a daily basis
06:54and we are also
06:55concerned about
06:56what is that?
06:58The rising temperatures
06:59with
07:00this current
07:01heat wave
07:01that's going on
07:02right now
07:02and then
07:03also in the past
07:05we've also had
07:06a snowstorm
07:07in this area
07:08so it's also
07:08we could see
07:09the issues
07:11going on too.
07:11you see
07:12the opposite
07:14is also
07:15sometimes evident
07:16there are places
07:17on the planet
07:18that are having
07:19harsher winters
07:20and I have seen
07:22people
07:22when the winters
07:23are harsher
07:24they would say
07:24oh
07:25and then there are
07:26people who are
07:26talking of global
07:27warming
07:27where is the
07:28warming?
07:29All I am
07:29experiencing
07:29is the cold
07:30so you see
07:32these temperature
07:33fluctuations
07:34are not
07:35so wild
07:37or so apparent
07:38that they become
07:39indeniable
07:40when we want
07:42to stay
07:44in the falls
07:45when we want
07:46to deceive
07:46ourselves
07:47we get
07:48enough
07:50evidence
07:50to stay
07:52in that deception
07:52the proof
07:54of global
07:57warming
07:57or climate
07:58change
07:58is still
07:59not irrefutable
08:01for those
08:02who are
08:03hell-bent
08:03on denying
08:05them
08:05there are
08:05we very well
08:06know
08:07there is a
08:08huge community
08:09of climate
08:10deniers
08:11that exists
08:12and who keep
08:13saying that
08:14all this
08:15anthropological
08:16global warming
08:16thing is a
08:17hoax
08:17it does not
08:18exist at all
08:19so what does
08:20that mean?
08:20I mean
08:21that means
08:21that the
08:22common man
08:23still has
08:25a lot
08:26of places
08:28to take
08:30refuge in
08:31the truth
08:33is still
08:34not
08:35very
08:36bluntly
08:38out in the
08:38open
08:39those who
08:39want to
08:40refuse it
08:40are still
08:41refusing it
08:42and will
08:42probably be
08:43able to
08:43refuse it
08:44for another
08:45I think
08:45five or
08:45eight years
08:46at least
08:46so my
08:49question
08:50let me
08:51take that
08:51I asked
08:53you what
08:54is it
08:54however
08:55that no
08:56person
08:57in a
08:58sense
08:59can refuse
09:00can he
09:00can neither
09:01refuse it
09:01nor can
09:03he pretend
09:04disinterest
09:06from it
09:07what is
09:07it
09:08the fact
09:11that our
09:12lives are
09:14in a
09:14mess
09:14there is
09:16nobody who
09:17does not
09:17want to
09:17improve the
09:18quality of
09:18his life
09:19do we
09:19agree on
09:19that
09:20every single
09:22person on
09:22this planet
09:23wants change
09:25in his or
09:25her life
09:26and what is
09:27that change
09:27all about
09:28that change
09:28is about
09:28improvement
09:29we want
09:29a better
09:29life
09:30what does
09:30that prove
09:30we accept
09:32we acknowledge
09:32that our
09:33lives as
09:34they stand
09:35have
09:36problems
09:37in them
09:37otherwise why
09:38would we
09:38want to
09:38change or
09:39improve
09:39we are all
09:40looking for
09:41change
09:41we get up
09:42each morning
09:43and we say
09:43can we have
09:44something better
09:44can we reach
09:46a better place
09:46can we do
09:47something better
09:47whatever
09:48can we eat
09:49something better
09:49so if we
09:51can show
09:53this to the
09:54person and
09:55impress on him
09:56that you need
09:57to be better
09:58your life needs
09:59to change
09:59then I think
10:01the climate
10:02crisis can also
10:03be addressed
10:03is
10:09it
10:10what
10:11happens
10:12to the
10:12people
10:12and
10:13they
10:14are all
10:14to the
10:14people
10:15they
10:16they
10:16are all
10:16are all
10:16in a
10:17way
10:17they
10:17are all
10:18they
10:29are all
10:30they
10:30are all
10:31they

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