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Home » Aaron Swartz

Tag: Aaron Swartz

Posted inBlogs

Is justice served when prosecutors pile on charges to ensure a conviction?

by Michael Miner July 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Thoughts on Aaron Swartz, the NATO 3, and prosecution tactics for winning convictions.

The Internet's Own Boy
Posted inFilm

Two new documentaries ponder the market value of knowledge

by J.R. Jones June 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Ivory Tower and The Internet’s Own Boy ponder the market value of knowledge.

Posted inBlogs

Peter Ludlow on Aaron Swartz on NPR

by Deanna Isaacs March 12, 2013August 19, 2021

Peter Ludlow argues on NPR’s Talk of the Nation that Internet activist Aaron Swartz did the right thing when he hacked MIT.

Aaron Swartz
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Heroes of civil disobedience: Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Aaron Swartz?

by Deanna Isaacs March 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Aaron Swartz, rebel with a cause

The Thinker may be on the cover, but how much thinking did the Economist really do?
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Media innovation, down the tubes

by Michael Miner January 22, 2013August 18, 2021

Has the flush toilet done more for society than the digital revolution? According to some journalists, yes.

Posted inBlogs

Aaron Swartz: Death by government?

by Deanna Isaacs January 15, 2013August 18, 2021

At his funeral, the family of Internet genius and activist Aaron Swartz blames the government for his suicide.

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