Comment by sowbug

No, neither of us thinks that.

I think you wanted to point out an inconsistency between the dictionary definition of retirement and the fact that this person is still receiving income in exchange for work. You made your point. Let's move past that.

Not having to work to survive (e.g., this guy, retirement, UBI, lottery, vow of asceticism, whatever) gives you more options. Some people go on permanent vacation. Some people keep chugging away at their jobs because they still enjoy them. Some people change to jobs that they previously weren't willing to stake their survival on, and those new jobs might or might not pay money. I don't know this MMM guy, but it seems like he's in that last group. Doesn't sound so strange to me.

I'd be pretty disappointed if retiring meant you were prohibited from doing things that others happened to be willing to pay for.