It's not about my motivations - I'm commenting about the question the article asks. This guy should not be held up as abnormal in some way - people like Larry Ellison should. While quite common, obsession with material wealth and the drive to acquire it beyond reason is a perverse state, not healthy or natural.

I'd actually consider obsession with acquisition and consumption part of the human state.

Sure, it is. But it can become pathological.

Or is our interest in limiting our consumption only a modern development brought on by socialization and culture?

In other words, I'd argue that it's unnatural to feign disinterest in accumulating infinite power and wealth.

What evidence do you base this on?

People who make it their life's work to study human beings generally believe that humans are motivated by the drives to acquire, to bond, to defend, and to learn.

The drive to acquire is fundamental to all animals. Getting stuff is therefore one of the prime meanings of life.

What do you spend your money on?