I think we live in a better world when the primary motivator for how we spend half of most of our working day isn't doing what's necessary to get strips of paper for survival.

That is, the work itself should be interesting and fulfilling.

Yes, we need money, but when the work relationship approaches being purely transactional the whole thing is demeaning for everyone and less effective.

Boy, it takes a lot of luck and skill and privilege to be able to shop for (or offer) work like this, and money is still important.