In the US, work becomes an addiction--a behavioural illness--that can be fuelled by obsession, drugs & other sick behaviours. It also leads to the phenomenon of the ultra-wealthy individual, devoid of culture or anything beyond technical learning, motivated by greed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/opinion/elon-musk-billionaire.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A75F2E3E-5631-42E2-92CE-4C54CDC56741