He probably killed himself because he saw the world for what it was and wanted no part it, being someone who was having money thrown at them when what he wanted was to help better humanity with his skillset.
Human civilization has largely rejected benevolence and actual charity, when you get nothing back but a warm fuzzy feeling, not tax breaks , marketing ammo, etc.
It’s also been entirely rejected by the socioeconomic classes with any power. Becoming a teacher or a other purely pro-social professions gets you treated like dirt to struggle in subsistence until death. Becoming an MBA that finds redundancies(people) to curtail(fire), or a hedge fund manager makes you bank.
There is no place in the civilization we’ve made for ourselves for do gooders, save the gutter.
Aaron Swartz is probably spinning in his grave right now
He probably killed himself because he saw the world for what it was and wanted no part it, being someone who was having money thrown at them when what he wanted was to help better humanity with his skillset.
Human civilization has largely rejected benevolence and actual charity, when you get nothing back but a warm fuzzy feeling, not tax breaks , marketing ammo, etc.
It’s also been entirely rejected by the socioeconomic classes with any power. Becoming a teacher or a other purely pro-social professions gets you treated like dirt to struggle in subsistence until death. Becoming an MBA that finds redundancies(people) to curtail(fire), or a hedge fund manager makes you bank.
There is no place in the civilization we’ve made for ourselves for do gooders, save the gutter.
Using someones suicide to preach about your own personal cause is a dick move.
Quick, bring the generator to harvest the green energy!