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
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.
I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.
With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past.
What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?
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.