Aaron Swartz - Revision history

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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=As a PhD, I don't often have thoughts of total revolution. But when I do, they revolve around extractive scientific publishing companies, charging taxpayers for access to their own tax funded research and the cowardly sons of bitches at the top of MIT who got '''Aaron Swartz''' killed.		\|content=As a PhD, I don't often have thoughts of total revolution. But when I do, they revolve around extractive scientific publishing companies, charging taxpayers for access to their own tax funded research and the cowardly sons of bitches at the top of MIT who got '''Aaron Swartz''' killed.
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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=On this day 8 years ago '''Aaron Swartz''' was permanently taken off the chessboard by MIT and, in so doing, ceased to be MIT.		\|content=On this day 8 years ago '''Aaron Swartz''' was permanently taken off the chessboard by MIT and, in so doing, ceased to be MIT.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351774070325473280		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351774070325473280
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=In particluar, there's no excuse for '''Aaron Swartz''' not to be projected on to the Buildings all around MIT to haunt it as a constant message not to f**k with the technical talent pipeline that still makes the United States the world's big dog rather than the sheep it's becoming.		\|content=In particluar, there's no excuse for '''Aaron Swartz''' not to be projected on to the Buildings all around MIT to haunt it as a constant message not to f**k with the technical talent pipeline that still makes the United States the world's big dog rather than the sheep it's becoming.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771576576798721		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771576576798721
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=Protesters who are not making use of Projection Mapping make little to no sense to me.		\|content=Protesters who are not making use of Projection Mapping make little to no sense to me.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771577742811137		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771577742811137
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.		\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351772399570542593		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351772399570542593
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=Do not destroy when with slightly more work you can inspire and do so at scale. You have the tools to show that you can create while others in control only know how to loot, intimidate and destroy. Imagine how many of our leaders even know what this is...let alone how it is done.		\|content=Do not destroy when with slightly more work you can inspire and do so at scale. You have the tools to show that you can create while others in control only know how to loot, intimidate and destroy. Imagine how many of our leaders even know what this is...let alone how it is done.
	\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021		\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021
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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324129168547848		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324129168547848
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=It is time to haunt MIT at night using projectors to remember '''Aaron Swartz'''.		\|content=It is time to haunt MIT at night using projectors to remember '''Aaron Swartz'''.
	\|thread=		\|thread=
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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324127281156103		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324127281156103
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=When engaged in responsible civil disobedience against brick and mortar institutions, a move to full projection mapping animations will put this display on steroids. It communicates that that the power differential is in favor of those with courage, ability and ideas.		\|content=When engaged in responsible civil disobedience against brick and mortar institutions, a move to full projection mapping animations will put this display on steroids. It communicates that that the power differential is in favor of those with courage, ability and ideas.
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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1394724491805138946		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1394724491805138946
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=In a certain sense, that is the main through-line of my politics. Any institution that gaslights an ordinary human trying to make sense of the world in a reasonable fashion is wrong to me in a particularly profound way.		\|content=In a certain sense, that is the main through-line of my politics. Any institution that gaslights an ordinary human trying to make sense of the world in a reasonable fashion is wrong to me in a particularly profound way.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1562923344940261376		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1562923344940261376
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content='''Aaron Swartz''' was who we are supposed to be. A personal hero to me.		\|content='''Aaron Swartz''' was who we are supposed to be. A personal hero to me.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1562921877818839040		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1562921877818839040
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=Great job.		\|content=Great job.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400693853179375616		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1400693853179375616
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein
	\|username=~~EricRWeinstein~~		\|username=ericweinstein
	\|content=Still pushing for a '''Swartz building at @MIT''' to acknowledge the loss.		\|content=Still pushing for a '''Swartz building at @MIT''' to acknowledge the loss.

Pyrope at 19:13, 1 October 2025

2025-10-01T19:13:22Z

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1174108590145032192		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1174108590145032192
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=As a PhD, I don't often have thoughts of total revolution. But when I do, they revolve around extractive scientific publishing companies, charging taxpayers for access to their own tax funded research and the cowardly sons of bitches at the top of MIT who got '''Aaron Swartz''' killed.		\|content=As a PhD, I don't often have thoughts of total revolution. But when I do, they revolve around extractive scientific publishing companies, charging taxpayers for access to their own tax funded research and the cowardly sons of bitches at the top of MIT who got '''Aaron Swartz''' killed.
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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1349066908155301890		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1349066908155301890
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=On this day 8 years ago '''Aaron Swartz''' was permanently taken off the chessboard by MIT and, in so doing, ceased to be MIT.		\|content=On this day 8 years ago '''Aaron Swartz''' was permanently taken off the chessboard by MIT and, in so doing, ceased to be MIT.

	They were the best and I miss them both: ~~https~~:~~//www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=ZK5r9OZ73Xg		They were the best and I miss them both:
			{{#widget:YouTube\|id=ZK5r9OZ73Xg}}
	\|timestamp=10:53 AM · Jan 12, 2021		\|timestamp=10:53 AM · Jan 12, 2021
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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=In particluar, there's no excuse for '''Aaron Swartz''' not to be projected on to the Buildings all around MIT to haunt it as a constant message not to f**k with the technical talent pipeline that still makes the United States the world's big dog rather than the sheep it's becoming.		\|content=In particluar, there's no excuse for '''Aaron Swartz''' not to be projected on to the Buildings all around MIT to haunt it as a constant message not to f**k with the technical talent pipeline that still makes the United States the world's big dog rather than the sheep it's becoming.

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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=Protesters who are not making use of Projection Mapping make little to no sense to me.		\|content=Protesters who are not making use of Projection Mapping make little to no sense to me.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771577742811137		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771577742811137
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.		\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351772399570542593		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351772399570542593
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=Do not destroy when with slightly more work you can inspire and do so at scale. You have the tools to show that you can create while others in control only know how to loot, intimidate and destroy. Imagine how many of our leaders even know what this is...let alone how it is done.		\|content=Do not destroy when with slightly more work you can inspire and do so at scale. You have the tools to show that you can create while others in control only know how to loot, intimidate and destroy. Imagine how many of our leaders even know what this is...let alone how it is done.
	\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021		\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021
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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324129168547848		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324129168547848
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=It is time to haunt MIT at night using projectors to remember '''Aaron Swartz'''.		\|content=It is time to haunt MIT at night using projectors to remember '''Aaron Swartz'''.
	\|thread=		\|thread=
	{{Tweet		{{Tweet
	\|image=Eric profile picture.jpg		\|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1354324127281156103
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=When engaged in responsible civil disobedience against brick and mortar institutions, a move to full projection mapping animations will put this display on steroids. It communicates that that the power differential is in favor of those with courage, ability and ideas.		\|content=When engaged in responsible civil disobedience against brick and mortar institutions, a move to full projection mapping animations will put this display on steroids. It communicates that that the power differential is in favor of those with courage, ability and ideas.
	\|quote=		\|quote=
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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=In a certain sense, that is the main through-line of my politics. Any institution that gaslights an ordinary human trying to make sense of the world in a reasonable fashion is wrong to me in a particularly profound way.		\|content=In a certain sense, that is the main through-line of my politics. Any institution that gaslights an ordinary human trying to make sense of the world in a reasonable fashion is wrong to me in a particularly profound way.

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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
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			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content='''Aaron Swartz''' was who we are supposed to be. A personal hero to me.		\|content='''Aaron Swartz''' was who we are supposed to be. A personal hero to me.

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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
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	\|content=Great job.		\|content=Great job.

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	\|username=ScienceInsider		\|username=ScienceInsider
	\|content=BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.		\|content=BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.
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	\|timestamp=Aug 25, 2022		\|timestamp=Aug 25, 2022
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	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
			\|username=EricRWeinstein
	\|content=Still pushing for a '''Swartz building at @MIT''' to acknowledge the loss.		\|content=Still pushing for a '''Swartz building at @MIT''' to acknowledge the loss.

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	== Related Pages ==		== Related Pages ==

			* [[Digital Wetwork]]
	* [[Institutional Gaslighting]]		* [[Institutional Gaslighting]]
	* [[Universal Institutional Betrayal]]		* [[Universal Institutional Betrayal]]

Pyrope at 19:07, 1 October 2025

2025-10-01T19:07:28Z

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	\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.		\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.

	~~https~~:~~//youtu.be/~~XSR0Xady02o		{{#widget:YouTube\|id=XSR0Xady02o}}
	\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021		\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021
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	And it is time for the Swartz Building at MIT. '''MIT needs a building named for Aaron'''. It needs to be a reminder that at MIT we celebrate the rule breakers for good. We don’t hunt them.		And it is time for the Swartz Building at MIT. '''MIT needs a building named for Aaron'''. It needs to be a reminder that at MIT we celebrate the rule breakers for good. We don’t hunt them.

	~~https~~:~~//www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=ZK5r9OZ73Xg		{{#widget:YouTube\|id=ZK5r9OZ73Xg}}
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	Would have loved to have met him Susan. He inspires us to this day.		Would have loved to have met him Susan. He inspires us to this day.

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2025-09-17T22:35:06Z

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			\|content=As a PhD, I don't often have thoughts of total revolution. But when I do, they revolve around extractive scientific publishing companies, charging taxpayers for access to their own tax funded research and the cowardly sons of bitches at the top of MIT who got '''Aaron Swartz''' killed.
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2025-09-17T22:31:16Z

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			\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1349066908155301890
			\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|content=On this day 8 years ago '''Aaron Swartz''' was permanently taken off the chessboard by MIT and, in so doing, ceased to be MIT.

			They were the best and I miss them both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5r9OZ73Xg
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2025-09-17T22:29:43Z

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	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351774070325473280		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351774070325473280
			\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|content=In particluar, there's no excuse for '''Aaron Swartz''' not to be projected on to the Buildings all around MIT to haunt it as a constant message not to f**k with the technical talent pipeline that still makes the United States the world's big dog rather than the sheep it's becoming.

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			\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771576576798721
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|content=Protesters who are not making use of Projection Mapping make little to no sense to me.		\|content=Protesters who are not making use of Projection Mapping make little to no sense to me.

	The ability to use Iconic Buildings and natural formations to video animated messages without leaving any physical damage from your photonic graffiti while demonstrating your prowess is huge.		The ability to use Iconic Buildings and natural formations to video animated messages without leaving any physical damage from your photonic graffiti while demonstrating your prowess is huge.
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	There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.		}}
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			\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351771577742811137
			\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|content=There may be much to protest shortly and for some time as we progressively lose the ability to speak to each other digitally. A thought.

	https://youtu.be/XSR0Xady02o		https://youtu.be/XSR0Xady02o
			\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021
	Do not destroy when with slightly more work you can inspire and do so at scale. You have the tools to show that you can create while others in control only know how to loot, intimidate and destroy. Imagine how many of our leaders even know what this is...let alone how it is done.		}}
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	In particluar, there's no excuse for Aaron Swartz not to be projected on to the Buildings all around MIT to haunt it as a constant message not to f**k with the technical talent pipeline that still makes the United States the world's big dog rather than the sheep it's becoming.		\|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
			\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1351772399570542593
			\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|content=Do not destroy when with slightly more work you can inspire and do so at scale. You have the tools to show that you can create while others in control only know how to loot, intimidate and destroy. Imagine how many of our leaders even know what this is...let alone how it is done.
			\|timestamp=Jan 19, 2021
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			\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1394724491805138946
			\|name=Eric Weinstein
			\|content=In a certain sense, that is the main through-line of my politics. Any institution that gaslights an ordinary human trying to make sense of the world in a reasonable fashion is wrong to me in a particularly profound way.

			Don’t know how to describe this as a political perspective.
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	\|image=Eric profile picture.jpg		\|image=Eric profile picture.jpg
	\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1394724491092062209		\|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1394724491092062209
	\|name=Eric Weinstein		\|name=Eric Weinstein
	\|content=You can recover a surprising amount from just one simple statement: UAP, public health, standardized testing, immigration, mortgage backed securities, crypto, inflation methodology, String Theory, Aaron Swartz, Etc.		\|content=You can recover a surprising amount from just one simple statement: UAP, public health, standardized testing, immigration, mortgage backed securities, crypto, inflation methodology, String Theory, '''Aaron Swartz''', Etc.

	“Institutions do not have the right to gaslight individuals.”		“Institutions do not have the right to gaslight individuals.”
			\|timestamp=May 18, 2021
	~~In a certain sense~~, ~~that is the main through-line of my politics. Any institution that gaslights an ordinary human trying to make sense of the world in a reasonable fashion is wrong to me in a particularly profound way.~~		}}

	~~Don’t know how to describe this as a political perspective.~~
	\|timestamp=11:40 AM · May 18, 2021		\|timestamp=11:40 AM · May 18, 2021
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	Eric Weinstein has mentioned Aaron Swartz numerous times in various conversations. Eric holds a strong admiration for Swartz's intellect and contributions, alongside a profound disappointment with the institutional failures that led to his tragic end. His comments reflect a deep emotional connection to Swartz, indicating that Swartz represented what academic and scientific communities should strive to be. Eric expresses a personal sense of loss and anger over how Swartz was mistreated by MIT, particularly as it is one of the institutions where Eric spent a substantial portion of his academic career.		Eric Weinstein has mentioned Aaron Swartz numerous times in various conversations. Eric holds a strong admiration for Swartz's intellect and contributions, alongside a profound disappointment with the institutional failures that led to his tragic end. His comments reflect a deep emotional connection to Swartz, indicating that Swartz represented what academic and scientific communities should strive to be. Eric expresses a personal sense of loss and anger over how Swartz was mistreated by MIT, particularly as it is one of the institutions where Eric spent a substantial portion of his academic career.

	'''Celebration of Swartz's Legacy:''' Eric believes that Swartz should be honored and remembered as a significant figure in the tech community, advocating for the creation of a building at MIT named after him to symbolize the importance of celebrating innovators rather than punishing them. He expresses that Swartz embodies the qualities that institutions should aspire to foster.		'''Celebration of Swartz's Legacy:''' Eric believes that Swartz should be honored and remembered as a significant figure in the tech community, advocating for the creation of a building at MIT named after him to symbolize the importance of celebrating innovators rather than punishing them. He expresses that Swartz embodies the qualities that institutions should aspire to foster.

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	\|usernameurl=https://x.com/beadmomsw		\|usernameurl=https://x.com/beadmomsw
	\|username=@beadmomsw		\|username=beadmomsw
	\|content=Aaron Swartz would/should be 38 years old today.		\|content=Aaron Swartz would/should be 38 years old today.
	\|timestamp=5:53 AM · Nov 8, 2024		\|timestamp=5:53 AM · Nov 8, 2024

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	content=Aaron Swartz would/should be 38 years old today.		\|content=Aaron Swartz would/should be 38 years old today.
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