In the modern era, our education system has not evolved to teach us how to live, focusing instead on external skills that are now redundant due to technological advancements. While we have tools for tasks like farming, mathematics, and reading, our educational system has not adapted to the new focus on understanding how to live. The speaker emphasizes the importance of spirituality as the most successful study on how to live, distinguishing it from disciplines like mathematics and psychology, which are focused on external behavior and general human functioning.