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Published · transcript-backedCraig Newmark: evaluation
29 Apr 2026 Conversations with Tyler Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)
“I started realizing, for example, that a lot of my behavior, particularly in the IBM field, frequently I was a jerk, by which I mean asshole, and that I needed to listen to people more and to be somewhat empathetic.”
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- Craig Newmark
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- 29 Apr 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…You weren’t funny back then? Not at all. I got Charles Schwab to move me out to San Francisco. I started using the internet. A lot of people like me helped me settle in. I saw a lot of people who were my people and learned that I had to meet people halfway or more. I started realizing, for example, that a lot of my behavior, particularly in the IBM field, frequently I was a jerk, by which I mean asshole, and that I needed to listen to people more and to be somewhat empathetic. It was needed for me to change. Doing customer service, when I reached San Francisco and started doing Craigslist, doing that kind of customer service where you’re directly interacting with people on a grassroots level, that can change a guy for the better. That worked out for me. What did you learn about yourself doing that?…
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