Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.
AARON SWARTZReality 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.
More Aaron Swartz Quotes
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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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The adults were completely wrong.
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With enough of us, around the world, we’ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge – we’ll make it a thing of the past.
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What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? … And if you’re not working on that, why aren’t you?
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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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Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.
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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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I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.
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There is no justice in following unjust laws.
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Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.
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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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Life is short … so why waste it doing something dumb?
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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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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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