Those three sentences are a perfect description of one of Graham's mentees in particular: Aaron Swartz. Aaron Swartz, right, took his life on Friday. He was 26. (Image from Flickr account CreativeCommoners). Swartz was not a patient man. With immenseYesterday Aaron Swartz, a close friend and collaborator of ours, committed suicide. This is a tragic end to a brief and extraordinary life. Aaron did more than almost anyone to make the Internet a thriving ecosystem for openMy friend Aaron Swartz committed suicide yesterday, Jan 11. He was 26. I got woken up with the news about an hour ago. I'm still digesting it -- I suspect I'll be digesting it for a long time -- but I thought it was important to putYesterday Aaron Swartz, a close friend and collaborator of ours, committed suicide. This is a tragic end to a brief and extraordinary life. Aaron did more than almost anyone to make the Internet a thriving ecosystem for openWeb entrepreneur and political activist Aaron Swartz, who made headlines in 2011 when he was charged with hacking into MIT's network and mass downloading millions of documents from a subscription-based archive, took his life in Brooklyn Friday,
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