Only a handful of real panopticon prisons were actually built and virtually none are presently functioning in the ways that ...

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Panopticon is more than a word, it is a concept that bridges architecture, philosophy, and modern digital life. Its enduring relevance lies in its ability to capture the uneasy balance between ...

The parallel between Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon and CCTV may be clear, but what happens when you step into the world of data capture? The philosopher Jeremy Bentham famously requested in his will ...

I haven't always been that kind to Justice Scalia (or to Justice Scalia's hats), but I do think he's a very good writer, and so I'm glad to be able to quote him saying something I agree with. The ...

Charlie Stross is a writer. You'll have heard of him if you read much about Linux, and you will hear of him if you read science fiction. He's in the middle of what NASA call a transfer injection burn, ...