The adults were completely wrong.
AARON SWARTZLife is short … so why waste it doing something dumb?
More Aaron Swartz Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Life is short … so why waste it doing something dumb?
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Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.
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Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.
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Now everyone has a license to speak, it’s a question of who gets heard.
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I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.
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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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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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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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