Most of us live in social worlds that are profoundly unequal, where small elites have vastly more power and wealth than everyone else. Very few of the have-nots find this congenial.
As experimental economists have shown, we tend to enter social situations prepared to take a chance and cooperate in collective activities.
But if others take more than their share, we resent being played for a sucker. We live in unequal worlds, and few of us are unaware of, or indifferent to, that fact.
Some places get it: Bern, Switzerland is recognised as the most gender equal city.
Read more courtesy of Kim Sterelny aeon.co
