In this issue of Operants, we bring you several pieces that all relate to behavior analysis, culture, power, and control. As readers of Skinner’s works will no doubt be aware, he was an ardent supporter of the use of positive reinforcement to bring about desirable societal change. His fictional utopian novel, Walden Two, was based on his vision at that time regarding how to construct a society using behavioral principles and procedures. Of course, as with any fictional novel, the true test is how well the experiment based on the idea can be carried out. Many experimental societies have been formed over the years, with varying results.