In the closing panel of Devcon 7 SEA, Nicholas Paul from The Long Now Foundation, Aya Miyaguchi, Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, and Justin Glibert and Gubsheep (Brian Gu) from 0xPARC discussed the philosophy of “subtraction” in organizational design, emphasizing how creating space by letting go fosters innovation and long-term thinking, the interplay between technology and culture within Ethereum.

Main Stage

Aya Miyaguchi

gubsheep is co-founder of 0xPARC and creator of the Dark Forest game.

gubsheep

Justin Glibert

Nicholas thinks about thinking. He is currently researching and realizing a new project focused on the ‘thinking’ part of ‘long-term thinking’. Before this, Nicholas helped run The Long Now Foundation—the storied nonprofit fostering long-term thinking at the timescale of 10,000 years—where he served as both Director of Development and Director of Strategy for many years. His background spans systems engineering and philosophy. He is currently a fellow at The Institute in San Francisco.

Nicholas Paul

Leading Devcon and Devconnect teams with Ethereum Foundation