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« on: April 01, 2014, 02:59:21 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2014, 03:09:30 PM »

A great thinker, who was ahead of his time.

My friend had the privilege of accidentally walking into a room at University College London with the mummified body of Jeremy Bentham. I don't know how the whole "embalmed public corpse" thing contributes the to the greater happiness of mankind. The greater creepiness maybe...
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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 04:15:58 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 06:29:48 PM »

I find it hard to see past the Panopticon, frankly. Not just because the idea is horrifying and dystopian, but because it had an actual (extremely harmful) influence on real life penal policy...
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