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Luis Von Ahn

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

You know, the good news is there's little disagreement for, for a few reasons. The first one is that we're very metrics based company. So Usually we just let the metrics speak. You know, if we run an A-B test and the metrics say something, my opinion doesn't matter all that much, unless it's something that we think is, you know, really like a dark pattern or something.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

You know, the good news is there's little disagreement for, for a few reasons. The first one is that we're very metrics based company. So Usually we just let the metrics speak. You know, if we run an A-B test and the metrics say something, my opinion doesn't matter all that much, unless it's something that we think is, you know, really like a dark pattern or something.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

You know, the good news is there's little disagreement for, for a few reasons. The first one is that we're very metrics based company. So Usually we just let the metrics speak. You know, if we run an A-B test and the metrics say something, my opinion doesn't matter all that much, unless it's something that we think is, you know, really like a dark pattern or something.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

But generally my opinion or their opinion doesn't matter all that much. That's one reason. The other one is we've been working together for so long that we're just pretty aligned on everything. And then the last thing, you know, I have this saying, if we're going to go by opinion, let's go by mind. So generally, when we have disagreements, I kind of see how deeply they believe in their thing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

But generally my opinion or their opinion doesn't matter all that much. That's one reason. The other one is we've been working together for so long that we're just pretty aligned on everything. And then the last thing, you know, I have this saying, if we're going to go by opinion, let's go by mind. So generally, when we have disagreements, I kind of see how deeply they believe in their thing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

But generally my opinion or their opinion doesn't matter all that much. That's one reason. The other one is we've been working together for so long that we're just pretty aligned on everything. And then the last thing, you know, I have this saying, if we're going to go by opinion, let's go by mind. So generally, when we have disagreements, I kind of see how deeply they believe in their thing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

And sometimes I just disagree and commit. But if we both believe with equal strength on something, I will just go with my thing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

And sometimes I just disagree and commit. But if we both believe with equal strength on something, I will just go with my thing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

And sometimes I just disagree and commit. But if we both believe with equal strength on something, I will just go with my thing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

If we're going to go by opinion, let's go with mine.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

If we're going to go by opinion, let's go with mine.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

If we're going to go by opinion, let's go with mine.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

But I'm telling you, the majority of things, we don't really go by opinion. The majority of things is just by data.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

But I'm telling you, the majority of things, we don't really go by opinion. The majority of things is just by data.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

But I'm telling you, the majority of things, we don't really go by opinion. The majority of things is just by data.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

For the company or for me? They're similar, but they're not identical.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

For the company or for me? They're similar, but they're not identical.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

For the company or for me? They're similar, but they're not identical.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

Okay. For the company, the decisions are very much tied to return on investment. Most things are, there's a return on investment calculation. Even if we don't sit there and write the numbers down, there's a, you know, how much effort you're going to put in something and how much you're going to get back. That drives most of our decision making.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

Okay. For the company, the decisions are very much tied to return on investment. Most things are, there's a return on investment calculation. Even if we don't sit there and write the numbers down, there's a, you know, how much effort you're going to put in something and how much you're going to get back. That drives most of our decision making.