Libraries must be protected. If you’re not a member of your local library, why not?

In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell popularised the theory of the ‘10,000-hour rule’, saying that in order to master any given subject to a world-class level, you need to devote at least ten thousand hours to practicing it.

I’m not sure if I’ve spent that amount of time writing yet, but I know I have spent tens of thousands of hours reading.