Walden Two

the title of a 1948 novel by B. F. Skinner set in a self-reliant experimental community based on operant conditioning principles of behavior change. The name derives from Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854), a series of essays in which U.S. naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) describes his experiences of individual self-reliance.

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July 27th 2024

defensible space

a set of principles and guidelines for the design and planning of settings to reduce crime. Among the critical elements of defensible space are the creation of shared territories in which people have collective control, good surveillance, and markers and other symbols of ownership and primary territory. See territoriality.