More news Articles Quoted: Diego Comin on Technology Diffusion 3/26/2015BodyImage “New technologies are diffusing faster than older technologies—but the Internet isn’t special in that regard,” says Professor of Economics Diego Comin in a Wall Street Journal story about technology diffusion.Written byOffice of CommunicationsShare thisFacebookXEmail QuotedQuoteIf you have to edit 75% of the message, you may be spending more time and energy on making changes than if you were to just write it from scratch.BylineTim Burdick ’89, MED ’02, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine | AttributionBecker’s Hospital ReviewDate7/14/2026 QuotedQuoteFrom the earliest moments of taking in a new environment, we make radically different choices about what we pay attention to.BylineCaroline Robertson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences | AttributionEarth.comDate7/13/2026
QuotedQuoteIf you have to edit 75% of the message, you may be spending more time and energy on making changes than if you were to just write it from scratch.BylineTim Burdick ’89, MED ’02, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine | AttributionBecker’s Hospital ReviewDate7/14/2026
QuotedQuoteFrom the earliest moments of taking in a new environment, we make radically different choices about what we pay attention to.BylineCaroline Robertson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences | AttributionEarth.comDate7/13/2026
