Money should be the servant of time. When we save into our retirement plans, for instance, we are acting on this belief and buying our future time. We can also use money to buy time in the present. For instance, some people can afford housekeepers or lawn services to buy back time. But we humans can be conflicted. Intellectually we know that time is both precious and finite. But emotionally time can seem cheap and infinite. This causes us to view both time and money in ways that research tells us is not good for us.
My kids love a show called "Avatar" whose superheroes bend air, water, fire, and earth to their will. If you haven't seen it, imagine the waterbending superheroes parting water like Moses. The airbenders can control and manipulate air. And so on.