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capitalism is killing the planet (infosec.pub)
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[–] stray@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We already taught some monkeys how to use money though. (And they immediately invented prostitution.)

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Citation needed

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The actual research paper.

The story of the monkey prostitute

Something else happened then too. Grasping the notion of currency simply means you understand that you can exchange money for goods and services. Well, one of the researchers, during the chaotic episode mentioned earlier, observed how one of the monkeys exchanged money with another for sex. After the act was over, the monkey which was paid immediately used it to buy a grape...