Maybe, but it feels good to move the body. Too much rest and I guarantee anyone will feel like garbage. The body also starts to tell you, with chronic pain and tightness and lower energy that your total lack of fitness makes you feel terrible.

Some people exist in this state for so long they don't even know there's an alternative.

We have a body. It feels great to push it and use it to lift heavy stuff. Try it out, but don't go overboard at first. That's where most people go wrong, especially when they've energy-minimized themselves to a state approaching a dried prune.

The natural world doesn't want anything.

The natural inclination for humans isn't to be at rest. All evidence suggests people have played games like chase/wrestling/throwing things since there were people, and animals we most likely came from play games too.

The piece is garbage. Pure and simple.

There's also the endorphins that start firing when exercising or the general sense of euphoria that lssts for hours afterwards. These are evolutionary mechanisms that directly motivate strenuous exercise.

This is definitely one of the most absurd articles I've read, but only because I think the author convinced himself that it was a reasonable take, rather than the more typical trolling for clicks. 100% cognitive dissonance.

Play and movement are nearly universal in the animal kingdom.

I wouldn't expect humans to be any different.