Foucalt readings by John Chris and Tomer

We all have a purpose in this world. We all have something ahead of us. What we really enjoyed about this reading was the metaphor of the soldier.
Using forms of discipline you can create and configure a human being.
Soldiers are trained, are forced to become a machine, a deadly force that would do anything that is commanded of them.
In the text by Foucault, he discuses how humans are ready, and willing to be taught and modified. The concept of word domination is intriguing because, the author talks about how to gain power over people. He discusses the use of disciplines.
What Foucault is saying in the text is that to gain control over a mass, to shape a human into what they want, what is desired, is by not overlooking any details. Every little aspect of our life must be controlled and monitored.

Technology is a great factor in this discussion. The omnipotence of technology has changed our society. We live in a world where governments and corporations are trying to seize control over us. To some extent each and every one of us is being spied on.
The state is built as a machine where every little aspect is monitored, not unlike a prison. Enter the text about the panoptic prison, in which there was aroom built in the middle of the prison that rotated and filmed everything in the prison. Inmates did not know if there was anyone watching, but the fear of such surveillance kept the inmates in line.
A more personal example, my friend worked at an electronics store where they had surveillance cameras set up, that were not functioning. The purpose of these cameras were to scare the costumers into not stealing.


In our world, governments and corporations have virtually endless means of personal surveillance .With all the technology laying at their fingertips, from cameras to satellites, is there any way for anyone in this world to stay hidden?
Furthermore do these extreme forms of surveillance truly aid in keeping society in line?
Perhaps we are better off with them, then without?