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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@nathandyer/116553199114385177
And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge.
Meanwhile, folks wholesale downloading the Internet today are heralded as the new captains of industry.
@aral yeah, I saw the original post go by and thought, as a parent, literally the last thing I want is for my kids to end up like Aaron Swartz
like, that is the kind of genuine harm that we should figure out how to prevent
corporations, the academy, and the government chewed that kid up, and today we still have all those players/institutions chewing kids up, at an incredible scale
@aral The courts protect the bigger business case. Or scam.
@aral So tragic what happened to Swartz. While he took his own life, it's not difficult to imagine how he felt his choices had been deliberately narrowed down to that one option. As you say, from an ethical perspective that's "effective" murder even if not a concept recognised in law.
Those who did it to him knew exactly what they were doing.
@aral sci-hub has an AI chatbot now, so you can ask about science. Not the very latest I read, but still..
@aral yes yes, but they do it to further their own interests, not that of the many so that's obviously better. /s
So maybe a good place to start is to introspect our communities to ensure that they’re places where people of all ages, etc., are welcome even if they have a conscience, a functional moral compass, and a sense of ethics. Because, these days, that’s very much not a given.
@aral Fucking this. I could call out some specific names but I won't. Do better folks.
(Lovely Fedi people, y'all are actually not who I am talking about. I wish more tech folks were like the lovely folks here.)
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