Today, time has been compressed down to nanoseconds, periods of time too short to be noticed by humans. Humans were further enslaved when time was coupled with money. Time was given value. Time can be purchased in the form of television commercials, cellular minutes, parking and Internet access, to name a few. Time is money.
Money is time.
We no longer measure a drive by distance, but by how long it takes us to get there. We have to be on time. Have to be in time ad infinitum. I discovered not very long ago that religion was a control mechanism to make you do what the leaders of that religion want you to do. Religions that offer paradise in the afterlife are running a bigger con than insurance agencies.