I understand where they are coming from. Sure, folks would do some things that require effort. That's just most people, of course they are going to do some thi

I understand where they are coming from. Sure, folks would do some things that require effort. That's just most people, of course they are going to do some things they find enjoyable, even if it has some effort involved. But that might be that they discover a new love for video games. Maybe they will start going for speed records, even though they are 45 years old. In between sessions, they'll smoke weed and eat and entice their wife, who has similar passions for similarly lazy activities. Neither works, as they are wealthy enough not to. They take breaks as wanted, leave on a whim, and drop it for a month before coming back to it. This is hardly the same thing as work: You could replace this with any other hobby, and it still wouldn't count as work. Something might come of it, and they might enjoy life immensely, but hardly work and hardly puritanical. But weirdly enough, it is effortful under your definition. Unfortunately, yours doesn't actually meet people's expecation of daily work or the sort of work the article eludes to.