Remembering Aaron Swartz

[jballs]

One year ago Aaron Swartz left the world.



A pretty good piece on Aaron and his dad, and his demise at the hands of a legal system gone bad-

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/01/02/bob-swartz-losing-aaron/


Rest in peace, brother.

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[giantdragon]

If he would have been a bit smarter, he have acted the same as Edward Snowden.

[jballs]

If he would have been a bit smarter, he have acted the same as Edward Snowden.

I don't think he would have been granted asylum for his jstor docs.

But maybe. I don't know it's just a sad case of bureaucrats killing creative idealists. Nothing worse in my opinion. Scourge of and eventual downfall of society.

[giantdragon]

If he would have been a bit smarter, he have acted the same as Edward Snowden.

I don't think he would have been granted asylum for his jstor docs.

I almost sure Ecuador and Venezuela would grant the asylum for him.

[2dogs]

Aaron gave us an early wake up call.

It's up to us to keep focused and carry on with his vision.