Aaron swartz

A collection of writings by the young Internet activist, who died last week.

Aaron Swartz: Persecuted Genius We're living in an age where the bureaucrats have decided that innovation, sharing and free information are one of the greatest threats to the security of the world. In a world where the academy has locked itself in an echo chamber, helplessly enslaved to information gatekeeping, Aaron was a visionary. Allegedly.

Meet the extraordinary computer programmer, author, and internet activist who became famous for his fight against the “Stop Online Piracy Act”, Aaron Swartz. A genius and prodigy like no other, Aaron greatly contributed to the development of many of the things that we enjoy today in the online world such as the RSS, Reddit, Jottit and others. "The people rose up, and they caused a sea change.." Aaron Swartz http://www.thextraordinary.org/aaron-swartz

Aaron Swartz, Internet's Own Boy "The problem is that the topics that are most painful also tend to be the topics that are most important for us: they’re the projects we most want to do, the relationships we care most about, the decisions that have the biggest consequences for our future, the most dangerous risks that we run. We’re scared of them because we know the stakes are so high. But if we never think about them, then we can never do anything about them."

“There is no justice in following unjust laws,” wrote the computer programmer, open-data crusader, and Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of twenty-six on January 11…

Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit

THERE IS NO SOLACE for the loss of the brilliant 26-year-old coder and activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself in January under the shadow of a relentless federal prosecution. (His alleged crime involved copying academic articles.) But the outpouring of grief after his death — and the firestorm that erupted over the circumstances — signal a profound change. Hackers are no longer dismissed as masked figures of the underground, or even as obsessive programmers. Swartz has become emblematic…

This was shot at the Silcon Valley Human Rights conference on October 26, 2011. However I've been thinking a lot about it the last few days... RIP Aar

Aaron Swartz. Genius activist & programmer, rip, put himself through homeschool.