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B. F. Skinner
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B. F. Skinner (1904–1990) was an American psychologist of the Behaviorist school. He is best known as a proponent of behavior modification techniques for social engineering.

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Beyond Freedom and Dignity – Bantam paperback, 9th printing, March 1972 – [Non-fiction: psychology, philosophy] We can no longer afford freedom, says B. F. Skinner; we must design our culture to shape the behavior needed for survival. What is called for now is a “technology of behavior” — a systematic and scientific program to alter human nature. [F] $5.99

Walden Two – [Fiction: SF, Utopian literature] Macmillan paperback, first printing, 1962 – first published in 1948, this controversial Utopian novel portrays an intentional community founded on the principles of “cultural engineering” in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct, and in which many contemporary social values are obsolete. [VG] $4.99