The learning process

Wouldn't life be simple if when we wanted to learn something new we could just wire our brains up to some master computer and download the information?

No doubt someone somewhere is already working on it and it's got to be a winner. Of course some of that knowledge is going to come at a high price.

'Guaranteed success with the opposite sex' will obviously command something of a premium as I suspect will 'understanding employment-related securities'.

However as exciting as the former might be the cost of the latter will probably at least have the advantage of being tax deductible as I am having difficulty seeing where any 'duality of purpose' might come in; unless that is your idea of the perfect chat-up line is 'would you like to come back to my place and help me complete a...