Friday, September 27, 2013

Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?


GUEST Video BLOG by John Green

Please listent to the very end. It's really worth the full explanation!

ORIGINAL: By the incomparable John Green, who says the following about his sources: "For a much more thorough examination of health care expenses in America, I recommend this series at The 
Incidental Economist and The Commonwealth Fund's Study of Health Care Prices in the U.S. Some of the stats in this video also come from this New York Times story."

John Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska,  An Abundance of KatherinesPaper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. He is one half of the vlogbrothers on YouTube and co-creator of educational series Crash Course

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones-Especially For Kids



It's easy for kids to be to be mean with a cell phone:

"I think these things are toxic, especially for kids...they don't look at people when they talk to them and they don't build empathy."

Louis C.K. on Conan Obrian on 9/19/2013.