Capuchin monkeys reject unequal pay

Video / Introduction by Alen Mischael Vukelić

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Capuchin monkeys reject unequal pay

Our sense for fairness and equality is no socialist idea but a natural heritage. The program, which was placed into our minds that we are ruthless competitors, has taken away the joy of playing with each other and established the rule to play against each other.

Of course we feel estranged from nature and ourselves; this is why we need laboratories with monkeys to find out who we really are. We test animals to understand their behavior, while, in fact, we are trying to find our way back to reason and sanity.

There is always a deep discomfort looking at people who are amazed by the wondrous functionings of nature. Why? Because it means they still don’t understand it; they still experience this world through a dualistic friction of them and nature – while, in fact, there is nothing but one nature, which includes them as well.

And as long as we see it like this, we’ll be looking at monkeys, amazed by their intelligence and capability – of course they are; they are part of this planet as you and everything else. Now be amazed at what monkeys can do …

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