Yikes: Microsoft filed a patent for a system that incorporates sensors into a computer to monitor the health and mental state of its user. The system checks heart rate, breathing, body temperature, … more →
Foucault blogdjluvsgod wrote 4 days ago: Not too long ago I read Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault. It’s a little difficult to g … more →
lettrist wrote 5 days ago: This Sunday’s “doublespeak” device, Direct Life. I saw the ad for it on CNBC. Dire … more →
matheikal wrote 2 weeks ago: Panopticon: “Symbol and instrument of constant surveillance, it assured the automat … more →
robinium wrote 2 weeks ago: Living in society essentially necessitates participation in the public. This is why people engage th … more →
studisullasorveglianza wrote 2 weeks ago: Conferenza di Michel Foucault del 1983 sulla nascita della società disciplinare e sul suo celebre li … more →
crabbyolbastard wrote 3 weeks ago: Over the past week there has been a lot of media coverage of the relationship between Twitter, the … more →
AxXiom wrote 3 weeks ago: The panopticon economy The NSA’s new data-mining facility is one component of a growing local survei … more →
AxXiom wrote 1 month ago: Elements and Agencies of Surveillance … more →
hornbillunleashed wrote 1 month ago: By Sim Kwang Yang I was a little taken aback when a close and respected friend complimented me on my … more →
gdevi wrote 1 month ago: I don’t know about you, but if I were a prison guard or a warden, I would feel mighty offended … more →
dad2059 wrote 1 month ago: As the world plunges further into economic chaos and war being brought about by the world’s el … more →
hanba wrote 2 months ago: Hanba has once worked in a forensic psychiatry unit. During this time she discovered Jeremy Bentham … more →
Alicia wrote 2 months ago: Dear Journal, What a gloomy day today! I woke up thinking of breakfast but in the end, the calculati … more →
anthrolithic wrote 2 months ago: The internet is potentially the ultimate tool for surveillance. Agencies and companies of all nature … more →
Professor Coldheart wrote 2 months ago: Those of you who don’t follow sensational crime stories, or who live outside of New England, m … more →
yammering wrote 3 months ago: Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence. And though ad … more →
censorme wrote 3 months ago: don’t know what a panopticon is? we’re all participating in one. google it. I Love Pano … more →
backseatgaming wrote 3 months ago: This is an essay written in my second year of undergraduate studies. The essay explores how the dist … more →
kiddingthecity wrote 3 months ago: by kiddingthecity It sounds more and more likely that the Police have something to do with the death … more →