Byung Geun Jeon

COWEN: All the places that look nicer, they’re usually connected to advertising. We always wanted to signal we’re not about ads, it’s about the ideas, and that we’re retro. Now, we’ve been doing it a long time — I feel it ought to look retro.

…ven took a few years before it really took off. We started, I think 2003, I’m not sure. But I think persistence and determination for something you enjoy and believe in is very important. It’s related to your remarks on religion. And I like doing it. We just kept on doing it and thought, “If we have something to say, giving it…

ieve i…elf a nonbeliever. You could say I’m an agnostic, but tending toward nonbelief. But it seems to me, religion is a very special form of cultural capital. It’s people’s most fundamental beliefs about the world. People will believe in something. And for much of the West, I see Christianity, and to some extent, Judaism, as having had a very special role. The notion that we should just cash in on that and all become secular, and not be sure what we believe in — I see a great danger in that.