Thank you for the mention!
I'm definitely not opposed to money, I actually like it quite a bit, but I think there are potential problems with focusing only on the technological and financial aspects of growth.
People who come solely because they see a chance to make money could easily get disheartened if that money doesn't come.
Beyond that, the focus on the logic of the system without wisdom behind it could lead to a dumping ground for mass produced memes designed to have the greatest return on investment in terms of money earned from upvotes compared to time and effort spent creating them.
There's no easy solution to this, but a focus on decentralization and the permanence of the blockchain will inspire a different mindset than a focus on getting paid to participate would.