Problem is, it could potentially mean not taking any edges until old age, at which point I might find out I could have taken something hundreds of hours earlier.

For example, I could take twitchy now. But not taking it now, to save points I don't need (if the cost of the edge I want is 10 edge points, say) would mean I die often to hidden characters, potentially for no reason since I could afford both (or at least aspire to).

And if the cost is 20 ep, I'll probably never have a chance to get there. So I might as well give up trying and take twitchy now.