Aya Miyaguchi: reflections on Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation

This is my conversation with Aya Miyaguchi, Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation.

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:20) - sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io)
(00:02:32) - reflecting on early days of Ethereum
(00:08:54) - Ethereum as an Infinite Garden
(00:19:08) - books and ideas that influenced Aya
(00:24:48) - the insignificance of titles
(00:31:56) - what does “Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation” mean?
(00:40:27) - the “teacher” mindset and how it applies to management
(00:47:18) - the importance of diversity
(00:51:35) - sponsor: Privy (privy.io)
(00:52:57) - the idea of subtraction and how it plays out in practice
(01:05:46) - funding in a non-profit context
(01:08:42) - why it’s difficult to describe the potential of Ethereum 
(01:16:40) - embracing imperfection
(01:20:37) - learning from (un)natural disasters
(01:33:14) - what the 'next billion' means for Ethereum
(01:42:53) - Ethereum in emerging economies
(01:49:03) - outro

Relevant Links:
Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games
Aya on Executing with Subtraction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noXPewi5qOk
Ethereum Foundation - https://ethereum.org/en/foundation/

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