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These fragments's avatar

This is lovely

Eudoxia's avatar

beautiful, thank you. So terribly sad what happened.

John Quiggin's avatar

Such a loss to the world, and our corner of it in particular

Dave Karpf's avatar

This was especially well-put. Thank you, Henry.

Rick Perlstein's avatar

P.S.: a little correction. I didn't HAVE no stinking web site when Aaron came around!

Henry Farrell's avatar

Will correct (apologies for bad memory!)

Renate Kreil's avatar

Dear Henry Farrell!

We realized art projects under the title "aaron´s law" in 2023. Take a Look. https://www.netart.cc/aarons-law

It would like to set a link to your article in our website. I hope you agree.

Stregoni's avatar

Would historical studies of French salons be relevant to the concept of scenius? Partially as historical background, partially as possible guidance for cultivating scenes.

Judi Morgan-Fuller's avatar

Aaron Swartz died out of fear for his friends. If the government could do what they did to him, they could do it to his friends. We lost a genius who could have been used today.

Miguel's avatar

This is the same strategy followed by the Peter Thiels and David Sacks of the world: use tech to amplify others message and ideas that aligns with their owns. For better or (arguably) for worse