Definition of "panopticon" []

• A type of prison designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham wherein all the cells are visible from the center of the building. It engenders the feeling that someone is watching you, even though you know the contrary. (noun)
• A room for the exhibition of novelties. (noun)

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• "Participation in most parts of the panopticon is by choice; sometimes these choices are inconvenient, but they are different paths just the same."
• "A panopticon is a prison where everyone can see you; in the case of privacy it's a voluntary prison, one of choice."
• "But if we accept the notion that the participatory panopticon is a likely consequence of otherwise desirable improvements to communication and information technologies, it becomes incumbent upon us to think of ways to use it as a tool for good."