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To be honest, Swartz is independently wealthy so he won't have to worry about the felony impacting his ability to work for a living. In his post-liquidity-even
by jordanb 15y ago
To be honest, Swartz is independently wealthy so he won't have to worry about the felony impacting his ability to work for a living.
In his post-liquidity-event career as an activist, a felony conviction will serve nicely as a bona-fide.
So the only real downside for Swartz in this is that he spends time in jail, which as you say is quite unlikely.
- tptacek 15y agoOne wouldn't want to downplay the badness of having a felony record. For instance, Swartz may imagine one day running for office, or being a key person in a political campaign. Or needing to work directly with institutional investors.
- misuba 15y agoThere may still be fields of activism wherein a felony conviction is helpful, but it's not at all clear that information access is one of them. Nobody associates computers emotionally with the '60s.