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The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Aaron Swartz

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The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz was a brilliant programmer and internet activist who helped develop RSS and co-founded Reddit. Despite his success, he struggled with depression and faced federal charges for downloading academic articles from JSTOR. At age 26, Swartz took his own life, sparking debates about open access to information and overzealous prosecution. His death highlighted tensions between traditional institutions and the free culture movement Swartz championed throughout his short but influential life.

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SHIV DIXITCEO - BITE FOODS || BUSINESS ANALYST || ....

At the age of 26 he achieved evrything but still he decided to suiside definitely something wrong happening with him . Lakhs of programmers dreaming about this type of success in their career . Om Shanti ✌️

3 months ago

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