As much as I would love to seem more hip than I am and claim to have been a big follower of Aaron Swarz’s work and activism before his death, this simply isn’t the case and sadly I’m just not a good liar. But the fact that just about every libertarian activist throughout my social media chains were mourning his loss and touting his work was enough for me to look further into the life and tragic death of this young man. Aaron Swarz a prodigy in the field of internet communication, playing essential roles in the creation of RSS software as well as the website Reddit as a teenager. And this is all one might know about him from glancing through the headlines, most of which read something like “Reddit Co-Founder Dead At 26.”