[gakd] The Participatory Panopticon

The panopticon was Foucault's ultimate structure of modern control, drawing off the inherent power that comes with being aware of others' actions. Recent technological (camera phones) and socio-technological advances (generally Web 2.0) have led to what worldchanging.com co-founder Jamais Cascio calls the "participatory panopticon": the first steps into a world of endless self-recording. From worldchanging.com:

The participatory panopticon has been a frequent theme here. Ally RU Sirius (with whom I did an interview a few months back [download here]) talks with Jamais Cascio about the concept here (MP3). It's a good listen.