Ben Percifield

• The US is the only OECD country without some form of universal health coverage, resulting in the US spending twice as much (per capita) than other OECD countries.


• Despite this higher spending, most data shows health outcomes in the U.S. to be worse than other OECD countries, even after adjusting for nuances like above-average obesity.


• A 2020 study by

@ 1:00:50 - We can only notice/perceive the colors we have the words for - Namibian tribe example: they can’t see blue because they don’t have a word for it.

@ 50 mins, the evolution of language to describe colors: Someone studied languages & the emergence of colors: Red always comes first, blue is always at the end.

young people are adept at “code switching,” meaning they use different language depending on who they’re with and the situations they find themselves in.