While airdrops do provide a slight uptick in price for the coins that are being used for the snapshot, I don't think this is what will lead to the era of abundance.

People do not value what they've been given for free, and while this may start jumpstart your project with some users, it will be the long term creation that is what sustains it.

I think what will jumpstart the era of abundance more, is taking back all the information that is sold freely. People may not get rich from this, but it's start of a value backed UBI of sorts. This will be the catalyst of abundance to me.