Why Duolingo Is NOT The Future of Education

Описание: Duolingo is a brilliant product. But I don’t believe it’s the future of education.
In this video, I challenge the growing narrative that Duolingo is a “bet on the future of education” — and explain why the real future is much bigger than app-based learning.

Chapters:
00:00 Why I delayed this Duolingo video
00:31 This is not a valuation video (category thesis)
00:52 Gamification vs agency (core thesis)
01:18 My “unschooled” background
02:16 What I am NOT saying (pre-empting objections)
02:51 The real question: what kind of human by 18?
03:36 What school optimizes for vs what real life rewards
04:31 What Duolingo gets very right
05:30 Treadmill analogy: tool vs full system
05:56 The narrative I’m challenging about Duolingo
06:41 Why “school on a phone” is the wrong endgame
07:43 Autopilot analogy: human-led + tech-amplified
08:21 What future education should actually teach
09:51 Agency is measurable (not vague self-help)
10:33 Strength training analogy (how to build agency)
10:56 The real moat: data + delivery + feedback loops
12:36 Why Duolingo is likely limited (the context problem)
13:36 Protein powder analogy: part of the future, not all of it
13:59 The role Duolingo can play
14:38 Agency Scorecard: what schools should measure
15:37 I’m not anti-subjects (subjects are tools)
16:13 Final view: what I’d actually bet on

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