> lifetime employment doing what you love should only go to those who are supremely dedicated

Should people give their lives for a profession? That seems prone to create unhealthy societies prone to conflict and cheating. In my experience self described meritocratic societies usually are just cynic nepotist societies. The children of the poor have to work their asses off to get much less that what the children of the rich get without effort.

Homo economicus is dead, and it is time to update the world views on work and economy.