Working to attain money itself is unwise. That is my observation as well - money has achieved such a revered role in modern capitalism that many may seek money out for the direct reasons (e.g. feeling relatively superior to one who has less) rather than the proper indirect reasons (e.g. goods and services it can buy). The point I am trying to make is that if money is a tool - then it follows that this sort of misuse of it is not only foolish - but it results in an inefficient allocation of capital and thus makes society less wealthy as a result . This is an unacceptable result in my estimation.