Was inspired to search "panopticon" from your excellent analysis. Found this gem of internet tech at U. Texas Austin, which apparently has been "in service" for 17 years, so since google & twitter: https://security.utexas.edu/panopticon
Another historic angle, George Lucas first feature, THX1138 https://www.google.com/search?q=lucas+thx1138 examines this exact concept, in dramatic detail. Way back in 1971, the start of all this global electronic connectivity & surveillance... then he went on to create an entire fascistic universe of warring space psychos, which also describes the current lord of X :V
Was inspired to search "panopticon" from your excellent analysis. Found this gem of internet tech at U. Texas Austin, which apparently has been "in service" for 17 years, so since google & twitter: https://security.utexas.edu/panopticon
Another historic angle, George Lucas first feature, THX1138 https://www.google.com/search?q=lucas+thx1138 examines this exact concept, in dramatic detail. Way back in 1971, the start of all this global electronic connectivity & surveillance... then he went on to create an entire fascistic universe of warring space psychos, which also describes the current lord of X :V
Thank you very much for reading the piece, and for the sharing from your curiosity about the word, it's fascinating.