Toby Stuart

I would put pellets into the fish tank.

The fish tank is a glorification of what this is.

Like this was a glass bowl.

But I would have to sit there, put pellets in it, and then like bop the big one on the mouth when it would come up.

And it was the only way to keep the little one alive.

The point is they started the same.

One had a tiny little advantage, but that advantage became a giant advantage over time.

A forex advantage.

And it's one of the important points in the book.

I'm not trying to make strong normative arguments about this.

It just is.

The consequence of that is that the distribution of status

is more skewed than the distribution of merit.

And Hollywood is this great example of it because you have like the A-list actors.

It's not a giant list.

I'm sure everyone on this show has been an amazing actor, but so is the B-list actors.

The talent is similar.

But the rewards and recognition are very dissimilar.

And now we're back to the exact same thing with the podcast where you get Sapolsky on.

He's absolutely a super interesting, super accomplished, super recognized academic.