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Sum@sumdifference01's avatar

Van Gogh is probably a good example. He produced 2100 paintings in his lifetime and only sold one. He committed suicide

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Eric Goebelbecker's avatar

Aaron Swartz helped create RSS, Creative Commons, and markdown. He was a very effective online activist for progressive causes and fighting the kind of digital f**kery that's taken over the 'Net.

He committed suicide after being persecuted by MIT and federal prosecutors for downloading peer-reviewed literature from JSTOR. JSTOR had already settled with him and he had "returned" the material. That wasn't good enough for someone....

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