I came across this video on Ted Talks that looks into how human beings derive pleasure and lasting satisfaction in life. He proposes that money is not that driver, but rather a state of mind that he labels as "flow". Examples of entering this state are when composers, athletes, artists, performers, even movie goers, become completely absorbed into what they're doing. Often times so much so that that they lose sight of the self, as if everything did not exist not even your self only your actions.
