Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Michel Foucault argued that modern society works like Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon — a prison designed so inmates can always be seen but never know when they're being watched. The result? People discipline themselves. This video explains panopticism and why Foucault thought we're all inside it.

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Topics covered:
• Bentham's Panopticon design
• Foucault's Discipline and Punish
• How surveillance produces self-discipline
• Panopticism in schools, hospitals, and workplaces
• The panopticon in the age of social media

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