Or, at least, the benefits are front-loaded and the costs—if you don’t write them off as theoretical—are future-you’s problem… Made even more opaque by the way

Or, at least, the benefits are front-loaded and the costs—if you don’t write them off as theoretical—are future-you’s problem… Made even more opaque by the way the DNA kit folks gave the impression of a straightforward, first-party transaction: you pay a not-insubstantial sum for us to do this service now, you get your report, done!