Convert time savings to present value using 10% discount rate. Your commute is worth $8k today, which helps decide if moving beats Netflix.

Poop transplants reduced autism symptoms 45% by fixing gut bacteria. Turns out moving microbes between intestines works better than most treatments.

Americans spend $60 billion on weight loss while ending world hunger costs $30 billion. One group pays to subtract calories, the other needs calories.

Cancer kills 14 times more people than opioids (1 in 7 vs 1 in 96). Media covers opioids wall-to-wall. Cancer gets a 5K run with matching shirts.

Every 1% reduction in REM sleep increases dementia risk 9%. Brain has self-cleaning mode that requires sleep. You ignore it and drink coffee instead.

US spends 37% of global military budget with 4.4% of world population. $600 billion on weapons. Switzerland makes chocolate instead.

Government spends $65,337 per voter annually. You could buy a car or pay student loans. Instead government bought fighter jets for you.

Average American household pays $10,489 in personal taxes yearly (14% of income). Federal budget is $4.4 trillion divided by 328 million people equals $13,403 spent per person. Math gets weird.

$500 million per terrorism death vs $2,000 per stroke death. You're 3x more likely to be struck by lightning than killed by terrorists.

0 Americans killed by Iran vs 290+ shot down in civilian airliner. US overthrew Iran's democracy in 1953 for oil.