Raw Nerve by Aaron Swartz

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Post by jkaljundi » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 10:10 AM UTC

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Post by singular » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 11:37 AM UTC

Part of my extreme, EXTREME shock at the tragic, horrible news about Aaron was quite how much I enjoyed this series + found it utterly engaging. Usually stuff on this topic is full of bullshit, but Aaron really had some very interesting things to say here.

Another wonderful, challenging and important article was the one on faith in science - http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/sciencefaith.

RIP Aaron.

Re: Raw Nerve by Aaron Swartz

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Post by verroq » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 12:10 PM UTC

Why are people posting all of his stuff after he's died? Because I'm pretty sure it's not because the 3 part trilogy of his life just ended and now it is the best time to marathon. Karma whoring at its finest.

Re: Raw Nerve by Aaron Swartz

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Post by nakodari » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 12:18 PM UTC

Raw Nerve is the best series I have ever read on getting better at life. In the last email communication I had with him (when he wrote only 4 parts of the series), I suggested that he turn it into a book. This was his reply,

http://jumpshare.com/v/Z7HjqR

Mirror: http://i.imgur.com/qPzol.png

Re: Raw Nerve by Aaron Swartz

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Post by alexandros » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 12:38 PM UTC

verroq wrote: post #3

Why are people posting all of his stuff after he's died? Because I'm pretty sure it's not because the 3 part trilogy of his life just ended and now it is the best time to marathon. Karma whoring at its finest.

You could be just as easily be accused of karma whoring for posting this reply. As could I for responding to you like this. But the truth is, you felt strongly enough to post the reply, as did I in responding to you, as did the original posters. Any action in a karma-rewarded community can be brushed off as karma whoring, but that doesn't mean it should.

Re: Raw Nerve by Aaron Swartz

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Post by jkaljundi » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 12:48 PM UTC

verroq wrote: post #3

Why are people posting all of his stuff after he's died? Because I'm pretty sure it's not because the 3 part trilogy of his life just ended and now it is the best time to marathon. Karma whoring at its finest.

Personally why I posted this: loved the essays when they came out. And I know many people have not read them. More than that, even many people here on HN had never heard of the guy or don't know his mindset. Those essays open up a lot of who he was.

Re: Raw Nerve by Aaron Swartz

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Post by sjmulder » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 12:57 PM UTC

verroq wrote: post #3

Why are people posting all of his stuff after he's died? Because I'm pretty sure it's not because the 3 part trilogy of his life just ended and now it is the best time to marathon. Karma whoring at its finest.

It’s like when you discover a new artist you like and you work through the back catalogue. Today’s news has made lots of people discover Swartz simultaneously.

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Post by Tloewald » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 1:43 PM UTC

singular wrote: post #2

Part of my extreme, EXTREME shock at the tragic, horrible news about Aaron was quite how much I enjoyed this series + found it utterly engaging. Usually stuff on this topic is full of bullshit, but Aaron really had some very interesting things to say here. Another wonderful, challenging and important article was the one on faith in science - http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/sciencefaith . RIP Aaron.

Treating life as a hackable problem seems to be a recipe for despair. It may be interesting, but there lies madness.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 2:31 PM UTC

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Post by jayeshgopalan » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

yep he had many controversy too but he did many good things too. Dan Haubert,Ilya Zhitomirskiy and now Aaron Swartz dont know what is happening. is the situation so bad that life has no meaning.