“Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of bu...” — Ha-Joon Chang Quote

“Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of buying books at a store, we buy them on-line. What's so revolutionary? The Internet has mainly affected our leisure life.”

“When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.”

“When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.”

“Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.”

“I think how veterans are treated in our country is an abomination. We don't have the draft any more, which is why so many soldiers come from working-class - rather than middle- or high-income families. Those wealthier families aren't affected, so they're not agitating for change.”