B. F. Skinner Quotes
Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss.
Skinner, B. F. Walden Two. Macmillan, 1948, p. 165.
This view of the world as a zero sum game and the contrasting view of growth producing a win-win situation define the major contrasting political and economic views argued to this day.
The debate about equality and meritocracy often hinges on whether equality in a democracy is equality of results or equality of opportunity.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.
