Frans de Waal's Monkey Fairness Experiment: Cucumber vs. Grapes
TED Blog Video · Explainer · 3 min · 2013 · YouTube title: Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk
Why it's here
HN uses it again and again as shorthand for the idea that resentment of unfair pay and inequality is built into primates, including us.
What it covers
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.