# Aaron Swartz

*"I think all censorship should be deplored."* --Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz (1986 - 2013) was an [American](usa.md) [jewish](jew.md) prodigy that did a lot of activism and played a big role in creation of [Reddit](reddit.md) (back then a big platform for [free speech](free_speech.md), nowadays hugely censored), [RSS](rss.md), [Creative Commons](creative_commons.md), [Markdown](markdown.md) and other quite important things. His life story is quite sad as he killed himself by hanging at a young age (there are some conspiracy theories around it), people see this loss as even more tragic because he was so talented and could have done many great things. But don't be mistaken, he was also an American and an "[entrepreneur](entrepreneur.md)", so a [capitalist](capitalism.md) at least to some degree; do not follow [people](hero_culture.md), appreciate their art and their ideas.