
A newsletter about abundance and building a better world.
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Co-written with George Loewenstein, the behavioral economist whose most recent book is The Opposite of Happiness, from which this essay is adapted.
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Abundance and other ideas to make the world a better place
Working in global health & development at Coefficient Giving (FKA Open Philanthropy)
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