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Listen: Aaron Swartz On Chicago Public Radio In 2001

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jan 14, 2013 11:15PM

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Photo Credit: Sage Ross

In 2001, Chicago Public Radio's Lew Koch interviewed a clever 14-year-old boy for the "Eight Forty-Eight" morning news show. Aaron Swartz's voice sounds incredibly young while he discusses intricate theories and trends, making predictions of what he and the web would grow up to be. Learn more about Swartz, who died on Jan. 11 at the age of 26.