THE VIDEO SHELF · fairness in primates
Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
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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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TED Blog Video
- Topic
- fairness in primates
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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acqq on Hacker News · 2019-04
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Qem on Hacker News · 2024-05
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