Welcome to TechStuff, a production of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works.

Hey there and welcome to Tech Stuff. I'm your host Jonathan Strickland. I'm an

executive producer with I Heart Radio and I love all things tech. Today it is

time for another Tech Stuff classic episode that

published back in February 2013. It is titled Tech Stuff remembers

Aaron Swartz. Aaron Swartz, very important person, tragically short life, and

Lauren Vogelbaum and I sit down and talk about who he is and why he was important.

So I hope you enjoy this episode.

Well today we have a topic that's both happy and sad.

It's sad in that the world lost an, and legitimately a genius in January 2013, a fellow by the name of

Aaron Swartz. And you may have heard this name and you may even be fairly aware of who he was and what he did.

He's been in the news a whole bunch and you've probably been hearing about him for years because he's done some really

breakthrough work in technology.

Yeah, yeah, and both from a actual technological standpoint and from a political

standpoint as it turns out.

So we wanted to really talk about who he was, what sort of impact he's had on technology

both from a policy side and from actual zeros and one's side.

Right, physical, yeah.

And to kind of talk about why his life and death matter in the world of tech.

And to do this, we wanted to kind of take an overview of his life.

So first before I really dive in I have to give major props to the verge,

which is if you guys have never gone to the verge, it's a fantastic technology blog.

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