Yeah. I was like, "So what? He grabbed some data on some research for a new version of Zicam or whatever. It wasn't until years later that I realized he had documents that proved American academic research had been funded by the government black book and shell corporations for decades and that a lot of the research went to morally reprehensible things like population control by putting things in food and water supplies, psychological warfare on Americans and disinformation programs.
Infuriates me even more that we don't have him here to tell his story. I felt the whole thing was suspect and it just kind of got brushed away after a bit. Also, it's no surprise that Reddit changed their lineup to remove Aaron's name.
Seeing his mom's tweet last month really hit me in the feels.... :(
Yeah. I was like, "So what? He grabbed some data on some research for a new version of Zicam or whatever. It wasn't until years later that I realized he had documents that proved American academic research had been funded by the government black book and shell corporations for decades and that a lot of the research went to morally reprehensible things like population control by putting things in food and water supplies, psychological warfare on Americans and disinformation programs.
Infuriates me even more that we don't have him here to tell his story. I felt the whole thing was suspect and it just kind of got brushed away after a bit. Also, it's no surprise that Reddit changed their lineup to remove Aaron's name.
Seeing his mom's tweet last month really hit me in the feels.... :(
https://www.reddit.com/r/aaronswartz/