Actual inspection probability intensifies the subjective feeling of being watched
Evidence
Not only so, but the greater chance there is, of a given person’s being at a given time actually under inspection, the more strong will be the persuasion – the more intense, if I may say so, the feeling, he has of his being so. How little turn soever the greater number of persons so circumstanced may be supposed to have for calculation, some rough sort of calculation can scarcely, under such circumstances, avoid forcing itself upon the rudest mind. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 154
Categorization
- XREF: A quantitative-seeming mechanism (probability of inspection drives felt intensity) that anticipates Foucault’s self-policing subject. — connects to: Feeling watched matters, but actual inspected time must also be maximized — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 153; Constant visibility captures subjects better than darkness and enclosure ever did — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 311; Surveillance architecture requires perceptual asymmetry between observer and observed — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 526 (+1 more)
Related
- Feeling watched matters, but actual inspected time must also be maximized (similarity 0.90)
- Panoptic power rests on central inspection plus unseen watching (similarity 0.79)
- Uncertainty about being watched suffices to make surveillance effective (similarity 0.78)
- Effective surveillance is visible yet permanently unverifiable (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Feeling watched matters, but actual inspected time must also be maximized
#expands(0.85) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 153