Jun 13, 2020
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it....Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
B. F. Skinner, Walden Two
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The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it....Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
B. F. Skinner, Walden Two
Walden Two. B. F. Skinner. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. First edition, first printing. Original dust jacket.
“The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.”
I desperately want fanfic for Frazier/Burris from Walden Two, a fiction novel by famed psychologist BF Skinner, but alas, who the fuck writes gay fanfiction for a 1948 psychology novel?
all i remember from bf skinner's walden two was my english teacher's dad was besties with skinner apparently and walden two had amazing tea cups
RAVENCLAW: “Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.” –B.F. Skinner (Walden Two)
Walden Two Written by B.F. Skinner Narrated by Robert McCollum
From author and psychologist B. F. Skinner, regarded by many as the most important and influential psychologist since Freud, comes "Walden Two". This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct. The novel describes an experimental community called "Walden Two", whose members are happy, productive, and creative; their happiness derives from non-nuclear family life; amazingly limited work hours; communal child-raising; free affection; the creation of art, music, and literature; opportunity for games of chess and tennis; and ample rest, food, and sleep. It's a utopia inspired by the experience described in Henry David Thoreau's "Walden", but "with company". Fans of philosophical writers like Ayn Rand or Karl Marx and imagined utopia's like Aldous Huxley's "Island" will enjoy broadening their minds with the challenging ideas described by Skinner in this classic novel.
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