Duolingo's REAL Goal (It's NOT About Being a Language Learning Platform)

As a human, I love Duolingo and what it stands for. As an adamant language learner, a lot of things come into question.

This video comes from a place of love for Duolingo and for language learning. And a disposition toward a world engineered to take our attention away from us. Duolingo gets hate because people look at it incorrectly. Thus, I believe that we need to change our perspective on it.

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🔖 Chapters / Timestamps
00:00 - Setting the scene
01:15 - Defining Duolingo’s first goal
02:30 - So what went wrong?
03:35 - What Duolingo's Goal is NOT and what it ACTUALLY is
06:51 - Where Duolingo Diverges from Being a Language Learning Platform
08:35 - Why you need to change your perspective on Duolingo
10:37 - Where Duolingo Loses
12:01 - Where Duolingo Wins
14:00 - The war for our attention
17;23 - Duolingo thrives in the social media arena
18:22 - Documentaries are to Marvel as Duolingo is to TikTok
20:44 - Therefore, Duolingo succeeds in its mission

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