I think you nailed it in the first paragraph. I wish everyone interested in discussing economics would understand acknowledge that idea. You might be taking th

I think you nailed it in the first paragraph. I wish everyone interested in discussing economics would understand acknowledge that idea. You might be taking the "work as religion" theory too literally, though. It's not about what you think of workaholic lawyers. If you're North American (or East Asian, etc), you should take into account that what's "normal" there might be regarded as workaholic-ish by someone in (say) Latin America or Southern Europe.