The Guardian: Russell Brand on monkeys and inequality
“Edward Slingerland, a professor of ancient Chinese philosophy at Stanford University, demonstrated this instinct to me with the use of hazelnuts. As we spoke, there was a bowl of them on the table. “Russell,” he said, scooping up a handful, “we humans have an inbuilt tendency towards fairness. If offered an unfair deal, we will want to reject it. If I have a huge bowl of nuts and offer you just one or two, how do you feel?”
The answer was actually quite complex.”
Russell Brand, “What Monkeys and the Queen Taught Me about Inequality,” The Guardian, October 13th 2014.