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?
AARON SWARTZ
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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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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No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.
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There is no justice in following unjust laws.
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There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.
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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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Life is short … so why waste it doing something dumb?
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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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I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.
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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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Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.
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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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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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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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The adults were completely wrong.
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Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.
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