samjesus fucking christ
"Hence the major effect of the Panopticon: to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power. [...] The Panopticon is a machine for dissociating the see/being seen dyad: in the peripheric ring, one is totally seen, without ever seeing; in the central tower, one sees everything without ever being seen."
the right way to think about the open-plan office is not in terms of "lost productivity" or "distraction" but in terms of discipline and observation