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Learning Mindset

The metacognitive side of learning — how to think about what you know, spot the gaps, and avoid the illusion of understanding.

What Is the Illusion of Competence? Why Studying Feels Like Learning

The illusion of competence is feeling that you know something because it looks familiar. Where the feeling comes from (smooth explanations, easy pages, smooth practice), a worked example, and three checks that replace it.

14 min read

Can You Truly Learn Anything? What Learning Science Says

Some people start ahead; far fewer learn faster from each attempt than you'd think. What research says about ability, prior knowledge and practice, and a one-week plan to learn one idea from one source.

20 min read

Ritsu Is Live: An AI Tutor That Makes You Do the Learning

Ritsu launched October 19, 2026: an AI tutor that plans your own chapter or lecture, asks you to explain each idea back, holds solutions until you try, and brings back what fades. Why that order matters, and how to run it with or without Ritsu.

13 min read

The Feynman Technique for the AI Era: Catch What You Don't Understand

The Feynman technique works because explaining exposes gaps that rereading hides. The four steps, a prompt that turns AI into your skeptic, an example round, and where the method doesn't fit.

16 min read

The Socratic Method in the AI Era: Why Answer-First Tools Are Hurting Your Learning

AI can answer any question in seconds — and that is exactly the problem. Here is why the tools giving you instant answers are also quietly sabotaging how much you actually learn, and a four-step protocol for flipping the dynamic.

11 min read