> It’s a nudge from Duolingo, the popular language-learning app, whose algorithms know you’re most likely to do your 5 minutes of Spanish practice at this time

> It’s a nudge from Duolingo, the popular language-learning app, whose algorithms know you’re most likely to do your 5 minutes of Spanish practice at this time of day. The app chooses its notification words based on what has worked for you in the past and the specifics of your recent achievements, adding a dash of attention-catching novelty. Ugh. I want so badly to believe that this kind of technology of manipulation would be used for nothing but good. Unfortunately I know better. Duolingo, and education in general, is a great use-case for many of these technologies. The reality of how they'll be employed has been, and will continue to be, less rosy.