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Aaron Swartz
American
Businessman
Born:
Nov 8
,
1986
Died:
Jan 11
,
2013
About
Internet
Me
People
World
You
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I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.
Aaron Swartz
Age
Own
Live
Relationships
Distance
About
My Own
Online
Developed
Driving
Most
Within
None
Them
Meaningful
Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
Aaron Swartz
Greed
Corporations
Would
Laws
Shareholders
Operate
Blinded
Course
Revolt
Anything
Which
Require
Less
Large
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.
Aaron Swartz
Great
You
Technology
World
Great Things
Seriously
Sit
Down
Some
Having
Lights
Around
Expect
Being
Them
Helps
Bright
Bright Lights
Things
I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.
Aaron Swartz
First
Before
Think
Birth
Ran
Out
Systems
Born
Computer
Computers
Had
Head
Head Start
Particular
Wrote
Operating
Operating Systems
Around
Got
Came
Any
Just
Which
Really
Skills
Large
Company
Dad
Technical
Start
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
Aaron Swartz
Government
Power
Way
Citizens
Ability
About
Talk
Make
Sure
Without
Misused
Government Power
Being
At the end of the day, we have an economy that works for the rich by cheating the poor, and unequal schools are the result of that, not the cause.
Aaron Swartz
Day
Result
Cause
End Of The Day
Cheating
Rich
Economy
Schools
End
Unequal
Poor
Works
There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
Aaron Swartz
People
Publish
Stuff
Anonymously
Sort
Want
I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
Aaron Swartz
Life
Me
World
Will
Trouble
Living
Kick
Out
Both
Point
Miss
Suppose
Well
Make
Am
Friends
Wonder
Get
Going
Just
Justify
Then
Us
Fun
Start
Nuisance
Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.
Aaron Swartz
Strong
School
Internet
Peers
Something
Network
Could
Through
Never
Had
Developed
Within
Social
Choice
Grounds
Keep
I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
Aaron Swartz
Speak
Face
First
Met
Wikipedia
He
Came
Wales
Stanford
Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.
Aaron Swartz
Good
You
Good Things
Typical
Way
Wealthy
Find
Make
Bunch
Happen
Who
Companies
Agree
Washington
Now
Things
Things Happen
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?
Aaron Swartz
Government
You
Money
Pay
Sick
Out
Security
Pension
John
Having
Take
Because
Got
Passed
Rockefeller
His
Just
Social
Workers
Social Security
Why
Profits
Funds
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.
Aaron Swartz
Worth
Ugly
Ending
Fighting
Our
Liberties
Must
Civil
Civil Liberties
Freedoms
Protect
Make
Erase
Erosion
Legacy
America
Patriot
Act
Bin
Extend
The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it.
Aaron Swartz
Work
Internet
Ensure
Sign
Allow
Open
Instead
Terms
Access
Scientists
Movement
Anyone
Fought
Away
Published
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