Luis Von Ahn

The thing is, and we get more and more scientific and better at keeping your attention. I think, unfortunately, the boring stuff is gone because there's just so much amazing things that just keeps your attention. We just got scientific about it and we got good at it.

The thing is, and we get more and more scientific and better at keeping your attention. I think, unfortunately, the boring stuff is gone because there's just so much amazing things that just keeps your attention. We just got scientific about it and we got good at it.

The thing is, and we get more and more scientific and better at keeping your attention. I think, unfortunately, the boring stuff is gone because there's just so much amazing things that just keeps your attention. We just got scientific about it and we got good at it.

And so at this point, you know, my sense is you just have to really fight for people's attention and you have to be using the techniques that are now best understood. It's kind of a similar, you know, you could have said TV is really bad. But, you know, when I grew up, there was the Discovery Channel before it turned into like reality TV. It was like science.

And so at this point, you know, my sense is you just have to really fight for people's attention and you have to be using the techniques that are now best understood. It's kind of a similar, you know, you could have said TV is really bad. But, you know, when I grew up, there was the Discovery Channel before it turned into like reality TV. It was like science.

And so at this point, you know, my sense is you just have to really fight for people's attention and you have to be using the techniques that are now best understood. It's kind of a similar, you know, you could have said TV is really bad. But, you know, when I grew up, there was the Discovery Channel before it turned into like reality TV. It was like science.

But, you know, they were trying to use the same medium that all the other stuff was, but for teaching you. It's kind of a similar thing that we're trying to do here with Duolingo. Yeah.

But, you know, they were trying to use the same medium that all the other stuff was, but for teaching you. It's kind of a similar thing that we're trying to do here with Duolingo. Yeah.

But, you know, they were trying to use the same medium that all the other stuff was, but for teaching you. It's kind of a similar thing that we're trying to do here with Duolingo. Yeah.

Well, the first step is that you should like it and people around you should like it. It's hard to make fun things. It's hard to make fun things, first of all. The second piece of advice that I have is, and I like to tell this to a lot of people here at Duolingo, I have never seen a successful product that got really successful in under, like, call it three to four years. Wow. Of work.

Well, the first step is that you should like it and people around you should like it. It's hard to make fun things. It's hard to make fun things, first of all. The second piece of advice that I have is, and I like to tell this to a lot of people here at Duolingo, I have never seen a successful product that got really successful in under, like, call it three to four years. Wow. Of work.

Well, the first step is that you should like it and people around you should like it. It's hard to make fun things. It's hard to make fun things, first of all. The second piece of advice that I have is, and I like to tell this to a lot of people here at Duolingo, I have never seen a successful product that got really successful in under, like, call it three to four years. Wow. Of work.

I mean, you may not have launched it, but everything takes—good products take, you know, three, four years. And this is a fast one. You just need the time in the oven. I use this line here internally. You just need the time in the oven. Yeah.

I mean, you may not have launched it, but everything takes—good products take, you know, three, four years. And this is a fast one. You just need the time in the oven. I use this line here internally. You just need the time in the oven. Yeah.

I mean, you may not have launched it, but everything takes—good products take, you know, three, four years. And this is a fast one. You just need the time in the oven. I use this line here internally. You just need the time in the oven. Yeah.

It just takes a while. And no product has had overnight success that remains. As in, if it's long-term success, if you're talking about whatever products, Instagram, ChatGPT, all of these things that have a lot of success, they were years in the making.

It just takes a while. And no product has had overnight success that remains. As in, if it's long-term success, if you're talking about whatever products, Instagram, ChatGPT, all of these things that have a lot of success, they were years in the making.

It just takes a while. And no product has had overnight success that remains. As in, if it's long-term success, if you're talking about whatever products, Instagram, ChatGPT, all of these things that have a lot of success, they were years in the making.

Good, yes, in a good way. For something useful.

Good, yes, in a good way. For something useful.