Kevin Poulsen, in his article “Aaron Swartz,Coder and Activist, Dead at 26”(2013), suggests that Aaaron Swartz’s suicide was caused by the stress of a looming investigation on a hack he performed on the JSTOR subscription database. Poulsen develops his thesis through a brief backstory on Swartz including mentioning other charges he had faced in the past from his hacking and adding quotes from those close to Swartz to bring the situation into perspective. His purpose is to shed some light on what was happening in Swartz’s life in order to hopefully bring some closure to those involved in this tragedy. Poulsen seems to be writing to others that may have known Aaron or known of him due to his nastalgic tone throughout the article.
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