That's assuming that there's a decent way to identify these people and that people's potential is pretty much constant across their first 30 years. I'm not sayi

That's assuming that there's a decent way to identify these people and that people's potential is pretty much constant across their first 30 years. I'm not saying our current "filters" are useless but I don't think anyone can claim that they are without fault. I'm also not sure that it's true that this would require "spraying money around", I think a lot of man-hours are already spent on useless work and/or basically doing nothing, but doing nothing during salaried time is not equivalent to doing nothing during your own time in terms of potential. Sure, it's a utopia and a dream but I think it's naive to say that our current economy is already ideal when it comes to distribution of necessary goods and realizing the potential of the individual.