When I did this research, it wasn't the first time I'd heard the name Amir Taaki. But it was the first time I put it all together and read it straight through. And what stuck with me wasn't a judgment on his political ideas, which are perfectly debatable, but something simpler: the list of things he did.

Indeed. Freakin inspirational character...

I'm not telling this story to romanticize him. I'm telling it because it's the kind of trajectory that doesn't fit into any neat narrative. He's not the genius who got rich. He's not the flawless martyr. He's someone who took his ideas seriously enough to act on them,

Thank you sooo much for this extremely well put-together rundown of his life so far.