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Edward Tufte's Defense of Aaron Swartz and the "Marvelously Different"

Posted by samzenpus on from the diamond-in-the-rough dept.

zokuga writes "Data visualization pioneer Edward Tufte spoke at hacker-activist Aaron Swartz's public memorial. In his message, he described how he came to know Swartz at Stanford and how Tufte's own college hacking exploits had the potential to ruin his own life."

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  1. Poor young people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The stupid stunts I did back in the '80s were as bad, if not worse, both in the real world and the BBS scene. The difference is no one stored my every stunt for posterity and instant access for all.

    1. Re:Poor young people by sjames · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The great hypocrisy is that the older adults implementing all of this zero tolerance all likely have a history that wouldn't stand up to the level of scrutiny they impose today.

      The law doesn't care if you inhaled, it only cares if you had the tiniest trace of a dried plant in your possession.