12∞ · Question 11.4.10
What does being watched do to people?
It makes them conform. A philosopher of the 1700s designed a prison in which inmates could be seen at any moment and so would police themselves.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.4: The Control of Information
- In print
- Page 368
- ← 11.4.9 · What is new about algorithmic media?
- 11.4.11 → · What is the “attention economy”?
- All of Part 11
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