Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz
Aaron Hillel Swartzwas an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. He was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py, and the social news site Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth8 November 1986
CountryUnited States of America
When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this by people like me is her very job.
The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.
Nearly 75,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act.
Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives.
We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for.
Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for his workers' pension funds. Why do that, when you can just let the government take money from the workers?
I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.
Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.
Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.