The adults were completely wrong.
AARON SWARTZ
Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.
More Aaron Swartz Quotes
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The adults were completely wrong.
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There is no justice in following unjust laws.
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Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.
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Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
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Life is short … so why waste it doing something dumb?
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Reality is painful — it’s so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you’re good at or else to pick something so hard there’s no point at which it’s obvious you’re failing — but it’s impossible to get better without confronting it.
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Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.
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Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.
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I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.
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As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.
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Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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Most people’s major life changes don’t come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.
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Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.
AARON SWARTZ