B. F. Skinner
American psychologist (1904 to 1990); author of Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971).
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What we need is a technology of behavior
What we need is a technology of behavior.
archive.orgSaid c. 1971This on korrents
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What we need is a technology of behavior
What we need is a technology of behavior.
Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Vintage, 1972 paperback of the 1971 book) Said c. 1971
The goal is to free people not from control but from certain kinds of control
The problem is to free men, not from control, but from certain kinds of control
Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Vintage, 1972 paperback of the 1971 book) Said c. 1971
We have not yet seen what humanity can make of itself
We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Vintage, 1972 paperback of the 1971 book) Said c. 1971
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