[pp.int.general] Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide > two projects

[Patrick Maechler v/o Valio]

Zitat von eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar:
> So sad:
> http://mashable.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz-suicide/
> Can we do any tribute to him?

I was very sad as well when I heard about this today (certainly more  
than it might appear in this mail).
It reminded me of Florian Hufsky's suicide.

I try now to transform my bitterness about this into 2 projects and  
I'm looking for supporters. They are both linked to required (mental)  
health changes related due to digitalization, because I am quite  
certain that there are.

1. I will write a proposal for my party regarding possible suicide  
prevention policies. I was told that Ung Pirat (PP-SE) has already  
such policies in place.
2. I'd like to co-found a transnational collective that is interested  
in this topic and spreading possible prevention actions on these  
issues; possibly on a scientific-educational and self-help basis. I  
just registered live-long-and-prosper.org for that.

I recall that I read about studies that e.g. indicate a link between  
depression and a lack of face2face interaction & vision; but this is  
for another day.

I admit that this probably appears to be all on a activist basis, but  
I think it's would be a "crime" not trying to do actively do anything  
on that basis as (given that there is a link between to digitalization  
and depression/suicide)
A) we need to address this issue politically as pirates
B) we really DO wanna prevent to let that happen again or to quote Cory [1]:
---
Because whatever problems Aaron was facing, killing himself didn't  
solve them. Whatever problems Aaron was facing, they will go unsolved  
forever. If he was lonely, he will never again be embraced by his  
friends. If he was despairing of the fight, he will never again rally  
his comrades with brilliant strategies and leadership. If he was  
sorrowing, he will never again be lifted from it.
---

If you are willing to help me with this in any way, please do not  
hesitate to contact me.
This is not at all something I intend do for getting credits; in fact  
getting credits is the least I want (if you want to be a forerunner &  
do it good, you're more than welcome to take this over, even if you do  
it for credits); it is something I do because I would *really* hate  
myself, if a similar incident happens again and I wouldn't have at  
least tried...

regards
-pat

[1] http://boingboing.net/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz.html