This new film follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit. This film matters more than ever, today.
“We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks”
Aaron Swartz was the founder of Demand Progress, which launched the campaign against the Internet censorship bill called Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA and won.
Or like Jack Andraka's breakthrough of pancreatic cancer test, that would have never come about were it not for access to online journals indirectly provided by Aaron. Andraka’s cancer test might be 168 times faster, 26,667 times less expensive, and 400 times more sensitive than existing technologies...
I started this blog the day he died, January 11, 2013 to share my thoughts. Aaron changed the world when he was alive, and still continues today to change the world, being dead.