Cartesian coordinates tell where something is. They say nothing about when it will be there. Time complicates matters. Einstein proved that time depends upon who is watching it and from where they do their watching. Two observers may comprehend time quite differently.
Time is both gatekeeper to space and father of multiple truths.
Here is how Descartes and Einstein can help us find ourselves in 21 st Century America. At one end are the entrepreneurs, the teamsters of economic horses. At the other end are the homeless, the dropouts of the economy. Somewhere along this axis you will find your personal tryst or disconnection with business. You may be a risk taker engaged in the important work of building a business and creating jobs and possibly making yourself rich along the way.