This is a thought experiment. It is not to be taken as a serious idea.  It is supposed to make you think about issues like work, humanity and the future.  Do not invest in this idea.

The Chimpanzee Carwash

Chimpanzees are in an evolutionary sense humans closest relatives.  They are trainable social animals that, with the right incentives, will perform simple tasks.  So the question is: If I trained some Chimpanzees to work in my car wash would I have to pay them the minimum wage?

• Stop laughing and think about this.
• We don’t pay dogs for herding.
• We don’t pay cows for milk.
• We don’t pay bees for producing honey in the little houses (prisons?) we supply them.
• When horses win races do they get paid?  What about when they haul carts?

Even though it makes you uncomfortable it is something to think about.