Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2026-04-29

Tyler Cowen & Craig Newmark: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler

Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)

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Craig Newmark's career, in retrospect, looks like a series of deliberate subtractions: he kept Craigslist plain, stepped aside as CEO early on, gave his equity to his foundation, and now funds people and gets out of their way.

Craig Newmark discussed Neuromancer by William Gibson.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Neuromancer

   William Gibson · at 16:24 · mentioned 2 times

   Neuromancer by William Gibson is a seminal 1984 cyberpunk science fiction novel that anticipated the rise of the internet and cyberspace.

   Discussed

   “I’m even thinking back to 1984 William Gibson Neuromancer, which affected me and a lot of people in the field, and I’m hoping will be a really good Apple TV show.”

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