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Thinking of Aaron Swartz right now.

by annoyingnoob 6y ago

hammock 6y ago
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mav3rick 6y ago
We should call this Aaron Swartz day
- input_sh 6y ago
  There already is an Aaron Swartz day on November 8th (date of his birthday). There are international hackathons organised in his memory: https://www.aaronswartzday.org/ https://www.aaronswartzday.org/
cyberlurker 6y ago
I think this will be on a lot of people’s minds. Is there any official connection? The link just takes me to the library.
- annoyingnoob 6y ago
  I hope there is a link. Aaron did not die in vain, his ideas and spirit live on.
  - quesera 6y ago
    I really dislike this take. For that to make sense to me, I'd have to believe that Aaron died for his beliefs, or that his death caused others to take up his fight. I don't believe either of these things are true. Aaron died because he took his own life in the face of an overwhelming situation at the hands of a cruel system. Aaron's death did not further his cause. It was just a tragic combination of humans and inhuman actions. Aaron was not a martyr. He was an idealistic but troubled good person who got ground up by forces he did not understand, and should never have had to learn. It's a loss. His ideas and spirit live on in others, yes. But his death was not required or helpful, and he did not die for his cause. It was a senseless tragedy, but merely adjacent to his beliefs. Do the work. Miss Aaron. Be inspired by him. But I don't believe he died in the service of something larger than himself. I think that take diminishes the real tragedy here, which is that humans like Aaron are sometimes victims of the systems that we create.
    - annoyingnoob 6y ago
      I think about Aaron every time I read any journal, especially if I hit a paywall.
      - quesera 6y ago
        I do too. Every single time.
    - abhinav22 6y ago
      Thank you, this needed to be said
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joshuakelly 6y ago
Me too. Thank you Aaron.
samstave 6y ago
NOPE - He was after the proof that Pedos and Sadists were on roster - not stupid tech data... That is why he was killed.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  I’ve never heard this?
  - samstave 6y ago
    Most havent but its true. There is an ep of Joe Rogan, and I think it was Lex Friedman (could be wrong) and he was talking about the debauchery at MIT... Then remember that such luminaries as Minsky and Derschowitz were on not only that roster but the plane, multiple times. The claim was that BDSM was HUGE in MIT and then recall that /u/spez was head of the /r/cannibals and talking openly about eating babies etc... Then look at the past of SV insiderers in the underground (literally) sex clubs in SF (cant reveal my sources on that - but yeah - there are a lot of debaucherously inclined folked in SV/SF - I know first hand) So yeah... EDIT - This post was marked -4 and [FLAGGED] EVEN AT THE FUCKING TIME OF POSTING IT. WTF @DANG How is a post auto -4 and [FLAGGED] at the time of posting you asshole???
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dangwu 6y ago
Relevant HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845
RapidFire 6y ago
I read his story. What a terrible miscarriage of justice.
- cbozeman 6y ago
  That's an interesting way to say, "A sorry piece of shit named Carmen Ortiz trying to make a name for herself."
  - sitkack 6y ago
    She accomplished that for sure.
pratio 6y ago
Me too, the first thing flashed in my head.
xbar 6y ago
Same. RIP Aaaron Swartz.

Thinking of Aaron Swartz right now.

hammock 6y ago

mav3rick 6y ago

We should call this Aaron Swartz day

input_sh 6y ago
There already is an Aaron Swartz day on November 8th (date of his birthday). There are international hackathons organised in his memory: https://www.aaronswartzday.org/ https://www.aaronswartzday.org/

cyberlurker 6y ago

I think this will be on a lot of people’s minds. Is there any official connection? The link just takes me to the library.

annoyingnoob 6y ago
I hope there is a link. Aaron did not die in vain, his ideas and spirit live on.
- quesera 6y ago
  I really dislike this take. For that to make sense to me, I'd have to believe that Aaron died for his beliefs, or that his death caused others to take up his fight. I don't believe either of these things are true. Aaron died because he took his own life in the face of an overwhelming situation at the hands of a cruel system. Aaron's death did not further his cause. It was just a tragic combination of humans and inhuman actions. Aaron was not a martyr. He was an idealistic but troubled good person who got ground up by forces he did not understand, and should never have had to learn. It's a loss. His ideas and spirit live on in others, yes. But his death was not required or helpful, and he did not die for his cause. It was a senseless tragedy, but merely adjacent to his beliefs. Do the work. Miss Aaron. Be inspired by him. But I don't believe he died in the service of something larger than himself. I think that take diminishes the real tragedy here, which is that humans like Aaron are sometimes victims of the systems that we create.
  - annoyingnoob 6y ago
    I think about Aaron every time I read any journal, especially if I hit a paywall.
    - quesera 6y ago
      I do too. Every single time.
  - abhinav22 6y ago
    Thank you, this needed to be said
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joshuakelly 6y ago

Me too. Thank you Aaron.

samstave 6y ago

NOPE - He was after the proof that Pedos and Sadists were on roster - not stupid tech data... That is why he was killed.

colejohnson66 6y ago
I’ve never heard this?
- samstave 6y ago
  Most havent but its true. There is an ep of Joe Rogan, and I think it was Lex Friedman (could be wrong) and he was talking about the debauchery at MIT... Then remember that such luminaries as Minsky and Derschowitz were on not only that roster but the plane, multiple times. The claim was that BDSM was HUGE in MIT and then recall that /u/spez was head of the /r/cannibals and talking openly about eating babies etc... Then look at the past of SV insiderers in the underground (literally) sex clubs in SF (cant reveal my sources on that - but yeah - there are a lot of debaucherously inclined folked in SV/SF - I know first hand) So yeah... EDIT - This post was marked -4 and [FLAGGED] EVEN AT THE FUCKING TIME OF POSTING IT. WTF @DANG How is a post auto -4 and [FLAGGED] at the time of posting you asshole???
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dangwu 6y ago

Relevant HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845

RapidFire 6y ago

I read his story. What a terrible miscarriage of justice.

cbozeman 6y ago
That's an interesting way to say, "A sorry piece of shit named Carmen Ortiz trying to make a name for herself."
- sitkack 6y ago
  She accomplished that for sure.

pratio 6y ago

Me too, the first thing flashed in my head.

xbar 6y ago

Same. RIP Aaaron Swartz.