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Comment author: gwern 21 December 2012 08:24:22PM 3 points [-]

but surely even if they did, it wouldn't be enough to justify the cost in strict utilitarian calculations like the above?

I don't know, why wouldn't it be? A high-tech wealthy economy depends on education, with all the direct & indirect returns implied.

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