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Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk
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A short excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED talk showing a capuchin monkey fairness experiment in which two monkeys are paid unequally, one with cucumber and one with grapes. The shortchanged monkey reacts angrily.
HN uses it again and again as shorthand for the idea that resentment of unfair pay and inequality is built into primates, including us.
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