Geeks seem a lot more willing to treat people based on what they can do rather than who they are.
This isn't unique to kids, of course. The Internet has an amazingly liberating aspect for everyone from blacks to the blind. So perhaps that's one reason why I'm especially concerned about draconian proposals for an Internet Drivers License or a crackdown on anonymity. Quite aside from the impracticality and ineffectiveness of these proposals, they could have the effect of tagging who people are, and reintroducing those indicators that the Internet has removed.


UTI interview (2004)

Aaron Swartz Quotes

Geeks seem a lot more willing to treat people based on what they can do rather than who they are. This isn't unique to kids, of course. The Internet...

Geeks seem a lot more willing to treat people based on what they can do rather than who they are. This isn't unique to kids, of course. The Internet...

Geeks seem a lot more willing to treat people based on what they can do rather than who they are. This isn't unique to kids, of course. The Internet...

Geeks seem a lot more willing to treat people based on what they can do rather than who they are. This isn't unique to kids, of course. The Internet...