Post Scarcity Economy

Resources and technology has essentially created a Post-Scarcity Economy, a place where people have plenty. One of the most important aspects of a PSE is time. People are encouraged to travel, explore, and perform other tasks outside of their Economic Personal Roles (formerly called "jobs").
In most Post Scarcity Economies it is not requred for a person to have "substantially gainful employment" in order to receive basic sustenance, shelter, and succor (medical aid), but it is highly encouraged and therefore socialized that people would do "more than the minimum." In an extremely technical society, however, simple content creation of data becomes a worthwhile (and marketable) activity for those who are effective at it. With smart-systems, Experience Aggregate Apps can easily create "reality mash-ups" which can be used for any number of things.
A point of incredible pride for the average Federacy Member is having a Field of Expertise. Federacy members are, in fact, encouraged to pursue relatively broad areas of related knowledge, and true mastery of knowledge includes being able to demonstrate functionality "off-grid" - without the use of ComSpace. Thanks to the use of Enhanced Cognition, there are some persons who are quite able to function as computer systems.
The vast majority of people have been trained for multiple roles and take up a Primary or Personal Economic Role which gives them additional PERCs.
Also see Personal Development Imperative.