"It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled."
— B. F. Skinner

January 1, 1970

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"I have been misunderstood" An interview with B.F.Skinner, Center Magazine (March/April 1972), pp. 63