An Experimental Community
Los Horcones can also be regarded as an "experimental community". When the members of Los Horcones encounter problems they design and conduct experiments to test possible solutions to their problems. Depending on the result of an experiment, they may collectively resolve to make an experimental behavior into a community-approved component of their behavioral culture. In this way, the Los Horconans exercise control over the evolution of their culture.
An experimental community does not claim to be perfect and it is a misnomer to describe a Walden Two community as a utopia (a perfect society). An experimental community thrives on its problems because its problems are seen as opportunities for experimentation. An experimental community can be thought of as a eutopia (a good place) in which there is always room for experimentation and improvement.
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