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Notes on learning, mentorship, and mastery.

Field notes from building Egoist Learning, mixed with research on how people actually improve.

By Egoist Labs, Team July 28, 2026

Self-Assessment Should Ask Smaller Questions

Beginner, intermediate, and advanced reduce a whole topic to one global self-rating. Across 20 user tests, questions about specific abilities made learners slow down and think before answering.

By Paul Butad, Founder July 16, 2026

What Teaching Becomes When Every Learner Has an AI Tutor

AI can give every learner personal support. I think that will make good teachers and mentors more relevant, not less.

By Paul Butad, Founder July 8, 2026

Filipino Students Don't Lack Ambition. They Lack More Doors.

A founder note on what our early partner search revealed about education, mentorship, and opportunity in the Philippines.