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David, great advice.

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Scott Myers

01 Mar 2022 • 1 min read
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David, great advice.

David, great advice. Very much in the spirit of an article I wrote adapting 60s counterculture guru Timothy Leary’s advice: Turn on. Tune in. Drop out.

“Turn on. Tune in. Drop out.”
Wherein we appropriate the words of Timothy Leary for some writing advice.
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