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Walden Two
novel by Skinner
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discussed in biography
- In B.F. Skinner
…of his most controversial works, Walden Two, a novel on life in a utopian community modeled on his own principles of social engineering.
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science fiction
- In science fiction: Utopias and dystopias
Skinner’s Walden Two (1948), rewards and punishments are employed to condition the members of a small communal society. In Walden Two Revisited (1976), Skinner was more explicit: “Russia after fifty years is not a model we wish to emulate. China may be closer to the solutions…
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