Interesting take. Money being a medium of trade or else we end up like socialist Romania where money had no value because you couldnt use it to buy what you wanted. As Vee from Youtube said "you can print money but you cant print stuff". And money now looses value over all so theres not much insentive to save. Products are designed to break, shoes dont last a month with be before going squeaky. I do disagree that we all have an unhealthy relationship. Its value on your labour, you earned it and work hard increases your standard of living. If younthwn waste what you earned then id say thats unhealthy. The virtue is Temperance, a balance of work and play.
Maybe working 80 hours only to spend it on gambling is a good example of unhealthy. So working 17 hours but investing it all is the other end of the horse shoe. So the healthy medium is optimal. 60 hours to invest and spend it on practical things and time with your family id reckon be the ideal.
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