The Voting Booth Catherine

The then-modern panopticon, in its subtle and unseen exercise of voyeurism and power, was to be sure an improvement over the crowded, stale prisons that preceded it. Which already incarcerated individual would not give up some personal freedom for such improved conditions? The same line of reasoning is used in modern surveillance systems. Just last week, in a New York Times article on Chicago’s new surveillance system, the police officer in charge, Ron Huberman, was quoted as saying "The value we gain in public safety far outweighs any perception by the community that this is Big Brother who's watching. The feedback we're getting is that people welcome this. It makes them feel safer."