Panopticism

Now this was one my favourite theories so far because when doing a comparison to other theories this one felt like it had proper research and actually did happen. I am jumping ahead Panopticism is the Theory of a form of stimulant such as a camera and believing you are being watched which form your behavior to react to the simulant being by behaving in a certain manner which is normal been drilled into the ‘victim’ before. I feel that I can personally vouch for this since one of my friends used to smoke in school and she always avoided camera areas and tried to hide things when she saw a camera but the odd thing is you didn’t know if they were even recording. Lets take a step back though the original idea originated for prisons and it is evil but genius at the same time since there will be always more prisoners than guards and with the circular design which was the panopticon and the tower in the center it caused the prisoners to be alone effectively which meant it may cause some psychological difficulties with the prisoner but it also keeps them abandoned alone and weak which is a basic idea in warfare and with the tower being a way to trick the prisoners you could only have one guard and they would be none the wiser. I looked into this in a more playful sense than others that led to me looking into videogames when it hit me that quite a few bosses in video games use this theory or at least a part of it that is the design. Seems a bit far fetched but thing of legend of Zelda quite a few bosses are in circular rooms in the center which means less control over yourself and your environment since when you move you have to have your back to them or be moving something while they just slightly move and watch you. Now this may be me over analyzing things but the theory is still implemented in modern life be that the security cameras in town centers and such especially the ones with four camera giving a 360 view or the one which looks 360. We are a observed country which is not good but security cameras and panopticism is good and can be really helpful such as identifying thieves or being able to track people for the police. With the internet and computers now you can be watched any time hell I could be watched while typing this but in this world were a lot of bad stuff can happen with a lack of security, it isn’t bad even though it is over the top and if I have to be recorded on the high street 1000 times and I get attacked once and saved by the camera hell it would be worth it.