RIP, Aaron Swartz

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Recorded21 Jan 2013

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On today’s podcast, I read read my obituary for Aaron Swartz, and the afterword he wrote for my upcoming novel, Homeland. I met Aaron when he was 14 or 15. He was working on XML stuff (he co-wrote the RSS specification when he was 14) and came to San Francisco often, and would stay with... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/01/21/rip-aaron-swartz/" class="more-link" title="Read RIP, Aaron Swartz">more <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a>

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