“Every bit of sociological information that you have should really change your life. You are probably less racist now than 4 years ago. You are probably more willing to be gender-equal than 4 years ago. You are probably less willing to condemn people for their misbehaviour than 4 years ago. Every piece of knowledge that you gain should seriously change your life. If you think about it, you are no longer the same person that you were, three and a half years ago. That’s why we are not particularly liked by the government, because we change people. This whole process is about losing your innocence, and becoming disenchanted with the world, becoming cynical… It is an intellectual burden… You shouldn’t be too frightened by what you have become… The university would have failed if you remained the same person as you were three and a half years ago… We are in the business of disenchanting you from life.”
— Prof. Chua Beng Huat
