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For context: "The panopticon is a type of institutional building and a system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham

For context: "The panopticon is a type of institutional building and a system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed by a single security guard, without the inmates being able to tell whether they are being watched." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

enjoyyourlife 7y ago
Picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo#/media/File:Presidio-modelo2.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo#/media/File:Pr...
kaycebasques 7y ago
See also Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault. Foucault uses the Panopticon as a metaphor for how those in power maintain control in modern society. Philosophize This has a really good intro on the topic. Transcript: http://philosophizethis.org/episode-121-transcript/ http://philosophizethis.org/episode-121-transcript/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tcYLy2ILoRoDddvR56Kxy?si=qbg6cjbxR1a7V5UlSVLDIQ https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tcYLy2ILoRoDddvR56Kxy?si=q...
- ohduran 7y ago
  Thanks for this! I've been in the lookout for good philosophy podcasts, to no avail...yet. Definitely giving this one a try
xtracto 7y ago
This got me to think... even inmates have better privacy than it workers in their day life. Why can a prison have "cubicles" for 1 or 2 people but an engineer earning 150k a year can't?
- baud147258 7y ago
  Because inmates live and sleep there, whereas engineer (usually) go home at 5 pm? And the engineer can also just hand his resignation, doing the same thing in prison is slightly more complicated.
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    Resigning to work in another cattle-pen, or none at all (not working), isn't much choice. (There are a few who have the option of remote work. It's a very few.)
- lonelappde 7y ago
  Prisoners can't go to a bathroom or book a conference room.

enjoyyourlife 7y ago

Picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo#/media/File:Presidio-modelo2.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo#/media/File:Pr...

kaycebasques 7y ago

See also Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault. Foucault uses the Panopticon as a metaphor for how those in power maintain control in modern society. Philosophize This has a really good intro on the topic. Transcript: http://philosophizethis.org/episode-121-transcript/ http://philosophizethis.org/episode-121-transcript/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tcYLy2ILoRoDddvR56Kxy?si=qbg6cjbxR1a7V5UlSVLDIQ https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tcYLy2ILoRoDddvR56Kxy?si=q...

ohduran 7y ago
Thanks for this! I've been in the lookout for good philosophy podcasts, to no avail...yet. Definitely giving this one a try

xtracto 7y ago

This got me to think... even inmates have better privacy than it workers in their day life. Why can a prison have "cubicles" for 1 or 2 people but an engineer earning 150k a year can't?

baud147258 7y ago
Because inmates live and sleep there, whereas engineer (usually) go home at 5 pm? And the engineer can also just hand his resignation, doing the same thing in prison is slightly more complicated.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Resigning to work in another cattle-pen, or none at all (not working), isn't much choice. (There are a few who have the option of remote work. It's a very few.)
lonelappde 7y ago
Prisoners can't go to a bathroom or book a conference room.