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Abundance Offers Democrats a Path Back to their Core Strength
Abundance rediscovers what made Democrats great: the belief that government can and should makes everyone's life better.
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Abigail Olvera
Why I Started the DC Abundance Community Even Though I Hadn't Read the Book
Sometimes you have to act first and read later.
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Abigail Olvera
Why Effective Altruism and Global Health Needs More Progress Studies and Abundance
EA excels at scaling proven interventions like bed nets, but systematically underweights tackling the systems bottlenecks that stall life-saving…
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Abigail Olvera
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Why the AI Safety Community Needs State Capacity and Democracy Reformers
The unsexy work of fixing democracy, rebuilding public trust, and improving government capacity might be a neglected foundation that makes other AI…
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Abigail Olvera
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Four Reasons I Care About Abundance as an AI and Global Risks Researcher
Abundance matters because civilizations need state capacity to handle existential risks—and bureaucratic complexity is slowly destroying our ability to…
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Abigail Olvera
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Abundance Means Trading Veto Rights for Government You Actually Trust
Critics say abundance means steamrolling advocacy groups. But what if we're asking the wrong question? Instead of "how do we stop bad projects," why not…
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Abigail Olvera
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These Ideas Don't Fit Any Political Box (That's Why They're Winning)
I thought we were organizing a niche policy meetup, but when 50 people showed up to talk about abundance, I realized we tapped into something huge…
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Abigail Olvera
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