Aaron Swartz's life seems to me a grand, splendid, reverberating, tragedy. Aaron's life is full of legends. He is a typical genius. At the age of 12, he built a demo website similar to Wikipedia. At the age of 13, he began to cooperate in establishing the RSS protocol specification. At the age of 20, the co-founded Reddit was Acquired and became a millionaire. I found that there are some points in the great people that are more or less the same, their starting point, or their vision is always very broad: Bill Gates launched windows because he wanted all users who don't understand computers to be able to operate computers; Google The original idea of the founding was to integrate global information and make it accessible to the whole world; at the beginning, Ma Yun also wanted to make Taobao easy to do business in the world. The same is true of Aaron, his life is dedicated to promoting the openness of Internet information, because he wants everyone, including those who want to contact but have no conditions, even those in developing countries to enjoy the fruits of human wisdom. They are very expressive and communicative, very logical; they all have the virtue of thrift, even if they become rich, they will not indulge in consumerism. When Aaron's family was thinking about "how do I spend these millions", he was unmoved: "I just like T-shirts and jeans, I just wear this." I immediately thought of what Cai Kangyong said. "If you envy the wealth of successful people, please don't blindly imitate what happened after their wealth. Those famous brand watches, bags, wine and cars are all things after their wealth. If you insist on imitating them, you can only make a picture. Just being poor and happy. If you want to imitate, just imitate what happened before they became rich. Their eagle-like exploration, snake-like concentration, ant-like search, and chrysalis-like patience are all things that have been exposed to the wind and the sun. "
Coincidentally, this documentary was divided into two parts by me, and the dividing point happened to be the dividing point of the film, the dividing point of Aaron's life. When I watched the first half, the inner activity was the same as above, but when I watched the second half, the agitation in my heart could not calm down for a long time.
Sigh, sad, angry, unwilling, for his tragic life.
So much so that I want to say something now, but it seems to be stuck in my throat.
His starting point is great, and his execution and appeal are very strong. If he wants to change the world, he is willing to read classics and understand the political system that he does not agree with. I really admire him.
He succeeded in blocking the enactment of the bill, and he felt he had "finally done a good thing". I want to tell him that you will still do and do more "good things" in the future, but he stopped at 26 years old.
He was a victim of being caught in the gears of justice, and he could have been better off. He reminded me of a sentence I used to think of in middle school, "It's not me that's wrong, it's the world."
Finally, let’s talk about the documentary. The interview points of the film are quite in-depth, and the whole documentary is also very gradual, and the climax is enough to move people’s hearts. Although I don't know the United States very well, and some parts are a bit difficult to understand, but it still deserves a five-star.
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