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Comment author: [deleted] 23 April 2012 06:31:51PM 4 points [-]

learning languages is very cheap

How about learning languages fast?

PhDs in technical fields are gotten "for free"

Note the quotes: opportunity costs tend to be heavy.

Comment author: maia 23 April 2012 09:14:38PM 2 points [-]

Why would having more money make those opportunity costs worth taking on (or remove them)?

Comment author: [deleted] 23 April 2012 09:34:16PM 3 points [-]

You can afford the risk this investment entails, for starters.