The giving that doesn’t count but should

Social scientists in the United States have long wrestled with a fundamental problem: Most of the research about human behavior that they are taught has been conducted on Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic populations—what psychologist Joseph Henrich and colleagues have dubbed “WEIRD” societies. These populations represent roughly 12 percent of humanity, yet their behavioral patterns are treated as central to understanding universal truths. Philanthropy in the United States