By B. F. Skinner, Los Horcones
Skinner released a follow-up to Walden in an essay titled information From Nowhere, 1984. It information the invention of Eric Blair in the neighborhood who seeks out and meets Burris, confessing his real identification as George Orwell. Blair seeks out Frazier because the 'leader' and the 2 have discussions which include the essay. Blair was once inspired by way of Walden Two's "lack of any institutionalized govt, faith, or fiscal system", a scenario that embodied "the dream of nineteenth-century anarchism". [Wikipedia]
A yr later, one of many Waldonian groups, Los Horcones, produced a respond to Skinner's essay.
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It is an old man speaking to his young lover, but it could as well be the earth speaking to us all --- “That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. ” Blair paused. ' Could you say it better?
My name is Blair," he said. " I said I was. " "Well, not official. Mr. " I admitted that I did. "Good. That's enough. I am hoping to join Walden Two. I have an appointment with the Admissions Committee this morning. I'll tell them most of what they want to know, but there is one thing I prefer to keep to myself. Yet I feel it ought to be on the record. " I said I saw no reason why I should not. "Good. " I said. "That's not fair. " I was quite angry. He laughed. " He drew out his wallet and started to take something from it.
And anyway all that is beautiful in the world is being destroyed by your travellers - the natural beauty of our parklands, ancient buildings eaten away by the fumes of buses. How much better it would be if we spent our time and money on making our own world beautiful. And when I say beautiful, all I mean is that it will be the kind of place you go to and stay in just because it reinforces going to and staying in. "WaldenTwo has solved most of the other problems facing the world today," he said.