> Surveillance is an ancient urgency among certain influential thinkers; it was a central prescription set down by Calvin in the Institutes, by Plato in the Rep

> Surveillance is an ancient urgency among certain influential thinkers; it was a central prescription set down by Calvin in the Institutes, by Plato in the Republic, by Hobbes, by Comte, by Francis Bacon Made me think of Calvin and Hobbes - but there's conflicting evidence if this was the main inspiration behind the names [0] [0]: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-significance-behind-the-names-Calvin-and-Hobbes-I-know-they-refer-to-John-Calvin-and-Thomas-Hobbes-but-why https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-significance-behind-the-na...