I was saddened to learn of the tragic death, by his own hand, of Aaron Swartz. That a prominent member of my community, our community, the tech community, is gone forever is sad. That he was lost so young is tragic. That he took his own life is a horror.
Aaron Swartz wrote openly about having depression (I don’t like to use “depressed” as an adjective; It’s a disease that you have, not a thing that you are.) And many of the outpourings of grief and support after his death recognized in it a shared experience. The relatability of Aaron’s struggle made the tech world feel even more like a community, as it did after Ilya Zhitomirskiy’s tragic suicide in 2011. For, while depression is dreadful for anyone, it may have a uniquely pernicious effect on highly logical minds.
"I barely find anybody attractive. I barely feel an affection for anybody.. But when I do.. I fall in so deep, so hard it’s ridiculous."
"Please, I need you to love me a little louder today."
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"If you want to kill yourself, kill what you don’t like. I had an old self that I killed. You can kill yourself too, but that doesn’t mean you got to stop living."
- Archie’s Final Project. Dir. David Lee Miller. (via awkwarddly)
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