Then it's rather odd that the people who contribute the most to all forms of advancement, whether it be science or technology, are often making very little money. Many discoveries come out of universities, from the efforts of unpaid students. People have more than one currency. Among the academic 'class', money is not really the driving force. It's the subject matter that drives them and the big corporations are only too happy to trade donations for exclusive rights to those discoveries. I have yet to meet a wealthy programmer or research scientist.
While money is a useful carrot to dangle in front of people in a world where you need money to live, if there were no such thing as money, would people just stay in bed all day?