Student: Good Morning Sir, today I want to have a conversation about the access of knowledge in today's digital world.
Mentor: Good Morning my dear student. Yes, but what you want to discuss.
Student: Today, almost anything and everything can be accessed using a small device like a smartphone. Don't you think sir that today there is knowledge everywhere?
Mentor: Today, there is garbage everywhere my dear. In a world where you cannot even trust current news, how are you going to assume the history to be true? Everyone has their own truth in the post-truth world.
Student: Oh Sir, please don't say it's all garbage. I use Google search to find everything in the world.
Mentor: Then why do want me to validate your knowledge and your source of knowledge. It is because you don't trust it. If you ask Google the capital of a country it will give you one answer and a correct answer. What happens when you ask "how to be happy" you get about 4,90,00,00,000 results (in 0.78 seconds). If you could be happy with even one of these answers then you would have never come here.
Student: Then what about the self-help books and books on spirituality. The medium might not be digital but the content you be the same. Is that also garbage dear Sir?
Mentor: Absolute garbage my dear student. Stay far and be with your self-enquiry to find the truth.
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