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… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused. — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse. — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them. — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that,… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for his workers'… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
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… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
