Wealthy people hire people with less money than them to do things and when you have a job or do something for them they pay you in return. Imagine a very wealthy person owns a successful business, they can't clean they store, manage stocks(stonks), and do everything else by themselves and that's where the people who need money come in. They pay us to work for them and they still get money back from the business. That's what rich people are for to pay those of us who need money, making them a very essential part of the economy.
The time taken to reach a certain destination may be one of the factors used in judging distances accurately for some people. The speed taken to reach a destination is another factor.
