This document provides an overview of topics related to surveillance and panoptic systems, including:
1. A primer on Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon and its application to prisons, hospitals, schools, and factories. Each system features a central watchtower and isolated, privately observable individuals who are aware they could be monitored at any time.
2. Analogous roles and purposes across these social systems, such as guards/nurses watching over inmates/patients to maintain order and prevent influencing each other negatively.
3. A discussion of how concepts of observing, examining, and internalizing surveillance can also apply to children's games through hidden watchers and awareness of constant monitoring and rules/penalties.