“We Are the Nerds” is most compelling when it tells the story of a third young man who played a founding role at Reddit. Aaron Swartz was brilliant, troubled and impossible, but he saw the tech economy more clearly than well-medicated people. Reddit became so offensive it was difficult to work there. Maybe the site is no longer so toxic, or maybe the toxic internet has made me numb. Reddit is worth about $2 billion, which means Advance Publications, the parent of Condé Nast and now Reddit’s biggest investor, made good money.

Source: New York Times October 30, 2018 18:22 UTC