Skip to main content
Login
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published • loading... • Updated

Aaron Swartz - the Genius Who Changed the Web

Summary by Korben
This article is part of my series of special summer hackers. Good reading! You know what differentiates a great chef from a lambda cook? The great chef invents the recipes that everyone will copy for decades. Aaron Swartz, it's a little bit the Escoffier of the web, except that instead of codifying the Dutch sauce, he invented RSS, co-founded Reddit and co-created Markdown even before having his driver's license. And like all the revolutionaries…
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

1 Articles

KorbenKorben

Aaron Swartz - the Genius Who Changed the Web

This article is part of my series of special summer hackers. Good reading! You know what differentiates a great chef from a lambda cook? The great chef invents the recipes that everyone will copy for decades. Aaron Swartz, it's a little bit the Escoffier of the web, except that instead of codifying the Dutch sauce, he invented RSS, co-founded Reddit and co-created Markdown even before having his driver's license. And like all the revolutionaries…

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality 

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

Korben broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)
Stories disproportionately reported by the Left or the Right

Similar News Topics

News
For You
SearchBlindspotLocal