The Inevitability of Loss of Skills

Skills take time to learn, and will weaken or disappear unless they are regularly practised. Martin says we tend to frame human skills as either active or lost. But what if we didn't? What if we just decided not to learn? It doesn't mean it's lost. Just means it's no longer being invested in. For all its benefits, the inenent can encourage the formation of habits that make us mentally lazy.