by Burrhus Frederic Skinner · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422681977
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Walden Two takes its name from the experience of the philosopher H. D. Thoreau, who retired for two years to a place in the forest of Concord (Massachusetts) called Walden to live in isolation, away from an industrial civilization that, according to his own experience, "turns man into an instrument of his own instruments." Walden Two, Skinner's community, is "a community of about a thousand people who enjoy a pleasant rural environment and work only a few hours a day without being forced to do so. Their children are cared for and educated by specialists, the food is good, and medical and health care are excellent. There is plenty of free time. Art, music, and literature flourish, and scientific research is encouraged." It is, in short, a utopia built according to the latest scientific advances, especially in the field of social psychology.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1948 until his retirement in 1974.
