What is society if not a panopticon; constructed by the constant monitoring and judgment by peers and onlookers. All due to the expectations placed on individuals by the dominant ideological hegemony.
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Society is a prison
Not only was it an unironic proposal, it was meant to be less punitive -- attempting 'reform' through removing overt or physical punishment, replacing it with self-policing and amelioration through labour (familiar, eh).
Utilitarianism: Not even once.
what an incredibly stupid idea. The only thing more stupid than coming up with the idea is actually building it
It's a cool engineering feat that could have been used for any number of things that wasn't a prison. Like those rotating restaurants or something.
Seriously. Astounding that some engineering genius was smart enough to build this but not smart enough to realize that it was dumb.
Even putting aside the unethicalness of it being a prison in 1800s America (so presumably very shitty) the fact that it's so incredibly pointlessly complex is just... why?
It's a great of example being "so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
weird i was just watching this guy for the first time an hour ago. hiking across an ancient tidal path called the broomway which was very fascinating.
Proposal? The Panopticon concept has been applied across a broad swath of public and corporate infrastructure.
England and its consequences have been a disaster for mankind.
