First read about the Panopticon in Foucault's "Discipline and Punish". It was designed by Jeremy Bentham, the mind behind utilitarianism - in fact, I believe it

First read about the Panopticon in Foucault's "Discipline and Punish". It was designed by Jeremy Bentham, the mind behind utilitarianism - in fact, I believe it was only put into practice in one prison, which Fidel Castro and Raul Castro were imprisoned in before the Cuban revolution. All this is somewhat tangential to the discussion at hand, but still quite interesting. The parallels between the Internet/modern security state and the Panopticon design are obvious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo