Did Aaron Swartz Commit Rational Suicide?
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 17:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Aaron H. Swartz was one of the most outspoken and hands-on activists for the transparency movement, which I largely support. He was especially active with open access issues and copyright reform. He was part of the team that built an early version of Reddit and the widely-used RSS protocol, which he worked on at age 14, and there is more to his name inspite of his young age. But he committed suicide in New York last Friday. read more