Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

158.105 - 176.355 Nilay Patel

If you're an overachiever, you've gotten a streak going. You might even have a streak to maintain today. And it's that streak that's key. You'll hear Luis come back to a big idea here several times. Engagement is the thing, he says, because simply showing up is the cornerstone of making progress with language learning over time. His point is that you can't teach someone who isn't there.