Given your question for a point, I guess you want an actionable answer. There is none. I'm not suggesting to abandon or change Nostr, it isn't a technical problem, but a societal and/or governmental one, depending on circumstances.
Having an identity isn't necessarily a problem, being forced to verify it for every occasion is. The example of jobs was to tie it with the current British example.
For a better example, read the post I wrote on Stacker News a while ago, BankID - evil made easy: 
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BankID - Evil made Easy! \ stacker news ~privacy
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