Panopticon, Looks at the positive aspects of a panopticon

Panopticon: The Ideal Social Order
'The Panopticon is a marvelous machine which, whatever use one may wish to put it to, produces homogenous effects of power.' Panopticism is a style of controlling the individual and making him conform to the system. That system could refer to the police or the world as a whole. There is never a definite top position, therefore, everyone feels as if they are being monitored by someone else. It is for this reason that this disciplinary mechanism is so effective.
The Panopticon serves as a tool for discipline and a laboratory of power. The capabili…