The Void of Losing Someone You Don’t Know ⇥ journal.markbao.com

Mark Bao reflects on the death of Aaron Swartz:

And despite not knowing him at all, his death left me feeling a void in the world. Because the world lost a brilliant person, but also because the world lost someone whose ideas I believed so much in, whose ability to put those thoughts into action was admirable, whose willingness to show vulnerability and humanness was something I feel like the world desperately needs more of.