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panopticon? (it’s also a great metal album)

• csw-001 4y ago
  This was my first thought - originally described a prison designed in a way that a central guard tower can see into all the cells. Even if prisoners aren’t actually being watched, the theory is they behavior better because they know they could be being watched at any given moment. Just happens to be this week’s 99% Invisible podcast is all about panopticon history!