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How Downloading Too Much Destroyed Reddit's Founder

The sad story of Aaron Swartz. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscriptionVideo on dark web mastermind Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road): https://youtu.be/HBTYVVUBAGsNewsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pomhttps://twitter.com/cindypomGrab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.comThank you to our Patrons, including Igli LaciSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Select images/video supplied by Alamy.Thumbnail source: Aaron Swartz image: Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsSources:0:02 Z on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SfOP0dyX08 Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)0:05 Image of Aaron Swartz: Fred Benenson / www.fredbenenson.com, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons0:21 Daniel J. Sieradski, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons0:40 Quinn Norton, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons2:22 Raindrop Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAN4pmNElE Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)3:18 Joi, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons3:28 Videos from the Aaron Swartz investigation, released by the U.S Secret Service under the Freedom of Information Act after a request by Wired https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11OBefj1HUaUAwSB7ADlH3b3ELI1guh3 Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)7:38 Jacob Appelbaum from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons8:31 Peretz Partensky, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons10:48 Timothy Krause via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/timothykrause/8417553781 Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)10:53 Gohsuke Takama, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons11:06 Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons11:34 Alec Perkins from Hoboken, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons11:49 Daniel J. Sieradski, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsInterviews referenced: 0:26 War for the Web interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OhyBJxg9RA0:56 Interview for Steal This Film II (Short 2007)8:08 Memorial: O’Reilly on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Fz1V3LZtw Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)

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