⚡️ Replies To: The Boy's Own Internet

Four mini-essays in defense and memory of Aaron Swartz

A few weeks ago, we published the essay The Boy’s Own Internet, which made a nuanced critique of popular portrayals of hacker-activist Aaron Swartz. Today, we are excited to share a few community responses to the essay, including several in defense of his legacy. Responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity. Thiago on the psycho-emotional side of Swartz’s story The essay focuses on blind spots of Swartz’s story using social lenses. It did bother me, though, how it seems to completely miss the psycho-emotional side of how things unfolded. When Zhang writes things like "Why…

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