https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement
Econet is related to this movement due to cultural memory and positioning. Many of those involved in Econet have come from Western perspectives influenced by this movement. For example Andrius Kulikauskas grew up in California where there were strong cultural currents from Maslow and others connected to the movement.
Specifically Econauts have individualistic and community focused ways of interacting, which seek the potentials to be realised as a new culture.