The United States already dominates the high-value chip design sector with companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook all designing their own advanced chips.

New York City struggles to build a biotech hub comparable to Boston because the city's high housing costs make it unaffordable for essential talent like postdocs, who earn around $25,000 annually for years before their income rises.

US life expectancy statistics are misleadingly low because they are dragged down by early deaths from non-healthcare factors such as car accidents, drug overdoses, and gun violence, which are more prevalent than in other developed countries.