Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz: A Review of his Revolutionary Beliefs

Introduction

Aaron Swartz was a young revolutionary, originally fixated on coding and the internet in the early 2000’s. Swartz spent one year at Stanford, using his spare time to work on a start up called…

Spiderman of Knowledge Sharing, Martyr of Open Access

Defending the Government in the case of Aaron Swartz

It seems ironic that someone might freely write a story on a site, denouncing some of the actions of Aaron Swartz, a computer genius who sought freedom of expression on the internet through his invention of Reddit. While I do believe that…

My Experience on the Open Library

What Is the Open Library?

The Knowledge Barrier

Knowledge is what keeps the human race moving forward, it leads to creation, innovation and development. Before modernity, ideas expanded by trade or interaction and they helped societies build civilizations. Powerful knowledge from Darwin, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir or Thoreau, which…

Was the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto as effective as possible?

Aaron Swartz was far more than your average online blogger rattling on about the Establishment undermining the liberties of the Internet. Swartz was one of the greatest hacktivists to ever live, and a true crusader for…

The intellectual Battle Between Knowledge and the Internet

The internet is by far the most powerful tool that has ever been invented by mankind. Its dexterity, availability and efficiency leaves it as being the strongest innovative contender. For hundreds of years humans have been…

More than a Guy Fawkes Mask: Reflections on The Internet’s Own Boy

Aaron Swartz was neither the basement-dwelling “nerd” (a term lawmakers would associate with him and his work) nor the layman’s Internet crusader behind a Guy Fawkes mask avatar. Nay, Swartz was one of the most…

The Boy Who Wanted to Change the World

Aaron Swartz was young. And like many of us (myself included), Aaron liked to blog.