4. Read. A lot.

4. Read. A lot.

It’s a dictum. “Read. A lot.”

In order to be constantly improving, there’s the secret ingredient of reading. One of my cousins is published, tenured, expert in a field that is bereft of any technological input. No machines and using tools that are certainly as old as the Clovis Civilizations. When we were talking about creative works, she talked about our shared love of a certain brand of Science Fiction, literally, worlds apart.

    #4 Read. A lot.

That cousin, her craft, no tools except for needle and thread, a long way from the ideas of cowboys in outer space.

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The Peripheral – William Gibson