How to make learning as addictive as social media | Luis von Ahn | TED Talk

The TED Talk “How to make learning as addictive as social media” is a great video for those looking to learn more about effective design thinking and innovation when it comes to learning applications. Speaker Luis von Ahn discusses how he developed his language-learning app, Duolingo, to compete with addictive social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. In this talk, he explains the artificial intelligence system and algorithm Duolingo uses that harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get users excited to learn while spreading access to education across the world.