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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2020-05-08]: Researchers showed that part of the macaque brain alters the sense of value felt upon receiving a reward in a manner dependent on the receipt of rewards by one's peers. This finding on the neuroscience of envy provides insight into how all primates, including humans, compare their material well-being with that of others and are potentially motivated to compete for limited resources. [1] Looking at others. Feeling bad because they take more. But everything contains nothing. And nothing can only exist if it contains everything. You wish more too. But where would that more lead? To even more. And that, to even more. At the end, you will get everything. At the end you will have the while Universe in your grasp. Only to discover that you hold nothing. Open your hand. Watch a universe explode…

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