# Using It or Losing It (podcast $)

An episode of [Stream of Subconsciousness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1498345708), 24 Jan 2026, 9:43.

Audio: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185528427/0afb679c867fed8a842ae8e6a75009af.mp3

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com “Perspective: use it or lose it.” — Richard Bach The expression “use it or lose it” applies to health and skill, but not to other things to which it could be applied, such as emotion, initiative, motivation, empathy, self-respect, and responsibility, just to name a few. Does it also apply to democracy? • Is Doing the Right Thing a Privilege or a Responsibility? • Intellectual Ability and Exercise • Physical Ability and Exercise • Emotional Ability and Exercise • Can We Lose Our Ability to Symbolize? • Use or Lose Democracy?

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