The Performance Protocol

If you promote mid-cap gems too loudly,
people become degenerate gamblers.
If you flex your unrealized gains,
people become envious—and then comes the wrench attack.

Maybe building in public wasn't about transparency—
it was about the dopamine hit of Twitter metrics.
Maybe every GitHub commit was a cry for attention
from people we'd never have to disappoint in person.

Do not post your portfolio on the timeline
or the timeline will post your liquidation.