Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago

Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by FDSGSG on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @06:36AM (#25745489)

I did read that link. People without mental issues don't tend to post suicide notes, regardless of whatever physical pain or employment issues they might be facing.

It's fairly clear that Swartz had a history of suicidal ideation, this wasn't of the DoJs making no matter how unfairly they may have treated him.

>To me the proximate cause 100% was the legal case against him - it inflamed any underlying issues and they just kept pressing. I could be wrong of course but I don’t think anyone will ever truly know what was happening in his head.

Obviously the cause was his preexisting mental issues, a healthy individual would not kill themselves in his situation.

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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by vlovich123 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:10PM (#25750835)

Suicidal ideation is regular & there's a very clear step jump function in how its treated by psychotherapists vs a genuine intent to commit suicide. Until you make concrete plans to harm yourself or others, ideation is just that. Most people keep it private but I don't believe there's any literature that indicates that voicing that ideation publicly somehow makes you more likely to actually enact it.

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Re:Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:34AM (#25748167)

You're arguing that DoJ didn't create the opportunity for Aaron to kill himself, they merely seized upon it and got an even stronger outcome than they were hoping for.

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