Economic Weirdtopia: Information is free, everything else is rationed.
Most things that previously required physical human labour are now automated, and 3d printer/assemblers are common place. However scarcity still exists in material resources. So every citizen is given an energy/materials ration that they can use as they wish (equal to the production level of society divided by the population). You can chose to use your energy raton on building things with your printer, travel food etc. Most people produce information of one sort or another (books, blog posts, music, assember designs etc.) and compete for fame via the quality of their creations, you gain status from producing things that everyone enjoys, but status cannot be directly transferred into material goods.
Economic Weirdtopia: Information is free, everything else is rationed.
Most things that previously required physical human labour are now automated, and 3d printer/assemblers are common place. However scarcity still exists in material resources. So every citizen is given an energy/materials ration that they can use as they wish (equal to the production level of society divided by the population). You can chose to use your energy raton on building things with your printer, travel food etc. Most people produce information of one sort or another (books, blog posts, music, assember designs etc.) and compete for fame via the quality of their creations, you gain status from producing things that everyone enjoys, but status cannot be directly transferred into material goods.