Zitat des Tages von Aaron Swartz:
What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.
Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
Now, as far as I know, nobody has ever put up the U.S.'s nuclear missiles on the Internet. I mean, it's not something I've heard about.
Big stories need human stakes.
I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.
The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives.
I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.
Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit.
Writing an encyclopedia is hard. To do anywhere near a decent job, you have to know a great deal of information about an incredibly wide variety of subjects. Writing so much text is difficult, but doing all the background research seems impossible.
There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this by people like me is her very job.
