"Psycho-Politics" Chapter 1: The Crisis Of Freedom - Byung-Chul Han

"Psycho-Politics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power"
Chapter 1: The Crisis Of Freedom
written by Byung-Chul Han
Translated by Erik Butler
Read by Sen Naomi Kirst-Schultz
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[@jackdemonekrivit1999]

Can you explain the panopticon of social media in your own words?

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Would like to understand more thoroughly. Very grateful for your stimulating content

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@jackdemonekrivit1999 sure, thanks for asking nicely ❤️
The concept of the panopticon was a theoretical prison optimized for maximum surveillance and minimum privacy. The central tower for the warden allowed them to see into every cell. In this case he's saying (I believe, interpretations are also welcome) we have put ourselves into these silos or cells, closed off from others and not even lost privacy but given it up freely in the name of affirmation or the spectre of "safety". We shared every shred of ourselves in the hope of meaningful connection. The warden doesn't have to operate within a prison to conduct surveillance; we surveil and report on ourselves. He just needs to pay 20 dollars for someone's data. Or 1500 dollars for a very specific someone's data. One additional angle I think; we police ourselves associated with the expectations that we have, whether that expection is towards norms or countercurrent, the ways we brutalize ourselves into the shapes we think our circles want is also an entombing and enprisonment of our true soul selves in the service of social credit in whatever form that medium serves it, likes, subscriptions, whatever.