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Matthew L. Israel '54, the group's director, said the A.S.D. began in 1966 as a director result of a national conference on Walden II. It now has about 40 members who meet socially once a week for cooperative dinners and discussions...
Israel said he hopes to pattern the community on Skinner's concept of "behavioral modification through positive re-inforcement"--that is, a system of rewards for desirable behavior. The group will develop its own housing, and will offer members cooperative cooking, child care and other services...
...attempt to "make a technology out of the production of the good life," a group of area residents will establish an experimental community in September, based on Walden II by B.F. Skinner '11, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology...
...community will develop through a graded sequence of practical steps. Members will continue to work at their jobs outside of the group until the A.S.D. develops its own enterprises. Israel said he hopes the organization will eventually become self-sufficient...
Financial support is the main problem at this point. In an 11-page resume that the group has put out and sent to various people that might be interested in helping, the four claim that the project is expected to cost approximately $6000. Sulloway said that the group can raise about $2000 to $3000 on their own, but the rest will have to come from other sources...