content: He's talking about the main thesis of Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault and the internalization of the panopticon.  Psycho-Pass hits on this, too. I advise everyone to watch it. I don't care if you hate aneee maaayyy. What was unfathomable back during its production is quite nearly reality now with people with COVID apps on their phone and wistfully dreaming of having their little box tell others that they're "okay" while others are a danger.