Panopticon

He is seen, but he does not see, he is the object of information, never a subject in communication. Visibility is a trap.

Surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action. The perfection of power should tend to render its actual exercise unnecessary. So it is not necessary to use force to constrain the convict to good behavior, there were no more bars, no more chains, no more heavy locks. The efficiency of power, its constraining force have, in a sense, passed over to the other side - to the side of its surface of application.