I think we are heading that way with most fiat currencies - they are inflating the supply so much, we will need wheelbarrows to pay for stuff - the only problem is, the wages aren't giving us wheelbarrows full.
Even when we earned the money (I earn mine), the way we think about it can be unhealthy, we waste it and devalue our work, or covet it and make our work fruitless.
Looking at work as an investment, not just a way to get money is a better way to look at it - most just see it as a means to an end, with the end being money. A hard life to live.
Perhaps this is by design. Investing in being self employed i think meets that mark. Using the time at work to learn transferable skills, a trade, study when all your tasks are complete. Not having to bring your work home with you when youre off the clock. The more I think about it the more I believe Im grasping what the article is talking about