Lessons from Monaco’s Vadim Shulman

Lessons from Monaco’s Vadim Shulman

We live in a world that can teach machines to think but cannot seem to teach humanity to value human life.

Artificial intelligence can write poetry, diagnose diseases and predict financial markets. Billionaires are investing fortunes in machines designed to outperform the human brain. Yet in Ukraine, children still sleep in bomb shelters. In Myanmar, families flee military violence. Across the Middle East, conflict and repression continue to devastate lives.

Technology has not necessarily made us more humane. 

This contradiction raises a fundamental question: What is the value of technological progress if it is not accompanied by moral progress?

For Monaco-based investor and philanthropist Vadim Shulman, one answer lies in how individuals use their resources to improve the lives of others. His charitable work reflects an approach to philanthropy that emphasizes building institutions and sustaining communities rather than simply distributing money.

It is a distinction worth examining at a time when charitable giving has become as much a vehicle for publicity as an expression of generosity.

For centuries, religious traditions have recognized something modern society sometimes overlooks: A civilization cannot survive on self-interest alone. Judaism teaches tzedakah, an obligation rooted in justice. Christianity emphasizes charity and love for one's neighbor. Islam........

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