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Wired to Give: Generosity as Humanity’s Greatest Technology

Why the Future of AI Depends on the Oldest Human Instinct

By Nathan Chappell

December 31, 2025Subscriber preview

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In 1940, with Europe engulfed in war and humanity staggering under the weight of brutality, Charlie Chaplin looked into a camera while filing “The Great Dictator“, and spoke words that may be more true today than they were in 1940.

“We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge h…

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