Aaron Swartz
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Brilliant Computer Hacker, Internet activist and advocate of free knowledge and open access. Dead by suicide after being overzealously prosecuted before trial in Jan.11.2013.
1. comment
- I admire this guy.
- I take his death personally. If it be me in his position of practice, with not even ideas but only skill, I may have done the same; if it be me in his position facing that prosecution, I would probably react the same. It could be me that’s dead in my late 20s, if I’m brave enough to pursue what I think is right and join the fight. I cried on it (Wed Jan 10 17:20:35 2024). I have not wept in years.
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death
The moment I read about Aaron Swartz’s story, I knew that that is probably the way I’ll die. Of social injustice, and probably martyrish(which means horribly) as well, lacking the basic ability to lie or bend. and it is just too plain to see that it is almost a certainty I’ll get myself invloved in some movement(I’m already participating in the FOSS and Free Culture movements), even though I don’t belive in most.
people
Here I include some notes on remarkable scholars and institutions(labs), what they do and have done, and perhaps some very offensive comments.