@codinghorrorJeff Atwood Aaron was fighting companies like these giant AI companies.
@thomasfuchsThomas 🔭🕹️ he was fighting for open access to data that helps all of us. I called it here. https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-end-of-ragequitting/ I talked about Aaron specifically at some length in my Cooper speech with Alex Vindman; feel free to watch that section, which I've deep linked here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ouwlIHkXCw4?t=3352s
I'm tired of zealotry, unless, and ONLY unless, it is demonstrably in service of basic human dignity, e.g. civil rights.

The End of Ragequitting
When Joel Spolsky, my business partner on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange, asked me what I wanted to do after I left Stack Exchange, I distinctly remember mentioning Aaron Swartz. That’s what Aaron was to us hackers: an exemplar of the noble, selfless behavior and positive action that all
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@GeePawHill I do. As I said here "I'm tired of zealotry, unless, and ONLY unless, it is demonstrably in service of basic human dignity, e.g. civil rights." https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/115358926278853325
@CatherineFlickProf. Catherine Flick agree, that's why I said, in this post, "I'm tired of zealotry, unless, and ONLY unless, it is demonstrably in service of basic human dignity, e.g. civil rights." https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/115358926278853325