what kawhi taught me about bitcoin

toronto, 2019.
the raptors were in the finals and the whole city felt like one nervous system.

and then there was Kawhi Leonard.
quiet. unmoved. repeating one thing: stay in the moment.

he didn’t talk about championships.
he talked about the next possession.

six years later, i get it.

bitcoin didn’t survive the crash by thinking about price targets.
it survived because the tech still worked, block by block.

ai won’t be built by predicting agi timelines.
it’ll be built by people writing code today.

robots won’t automate the world by debating the future of labor.
they’ll do it by fixing the sensor that’s two milliseconds off.

the people who matter aren’t reacting to noise.
they’re present with the work in front of them.

the future isn’t here yet.
the past already happened.

the only thing that’s real is this moment.
and championships—of any kind—are built there.

stay in the moment.
it’s the only one you have.