Panopticon

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Designed in the 18th-century by British philosopher Jeremy Bentham, the founder of modern utilitarianism, a panopticon is a combo physical structure/control system based on the concept of induced paranoia ^[1]. Occupants of a panopticon are positioned in such a way as to be unable to tell if they are being watched. The term was traditionally most associated with Bentham's controversial prison design in which a towering concrete octagon of cells opens inward to a circular raised guard station encased in tinted glass ^[2]. However, throughout the 1980's, the term was adapted by many philosophers and social theorists to describe the disquieting onset of digital surveillance culture as employed by the CIA, FBI, and large techno-communications conglomerates like Ma Bell.

Illustration from the haunting perspective of a panopticon cell. A figure lies prostrate before you, head bowed toward the watch-tower. There are dozens of identical cell windows lining the walls around it.

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↑ Similar in flavor to the paranoia experienced by longtime users of narcotics and psychedelic drugs.
↑ An early flaw in Bentham's design involved the visibility of cigarette cherries through even the darkest glass - an issue later mitigated with the development of electronic cigarettes, or, as they are colloquially known, vapes.

[1] Similar in flavor to the paranoia experienced by longtime users of narcotics and psychedelic drugs.

[2] An early flaw in Bentham's design involved the visibility of cigarette cherries through even the darkest glass - an issue later mitigated with the development of electronic cigarettes, or, as they are colloquially known, vapes.

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