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This is a transcript of a video that explores the concept of the panopticon, a model of surveillance and control, and how it applies to modern society. The video argues that power is the asymmetry of knowledge, and that governments, corporations, and social norms use various tools and mechanisms to monitor and influence our behavior, emotions, and preferences. The video also suggests that we can regain power by becoming more open and transparent ourselves, and by making the authorities more accountable and honest. The video ends with a question: what will you choose, freedom or security?
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
- The text is a transcript of a video about surveillance, biopolitics and panopticon by the YouTube channel Upgrade Your Brains.
- The video discusses how power is based on the asymmetry of knowledge and how different actors use surveillance to control people's bodies, behaviors and emotions.
- The video gives examples of surveillance technologies such as facial recognition cameras, social monitoring apps, biometric bands and fake pigeons.
- The video also gives examples of biopolitics such as abortion laws, childlessness tax, vaccination campaigns and social norms.
- The video argues that in order to regain power, people need to become transparent themselves and make the authorities transparent as well.
- The video ends with a question: what will you choose, freedom or security? And a slogan: upgrade your brains.