The Panopticon and Its Continuous Inspiration

I was very intrigued reading the article on Jeremy Bentham, who created the idea of a Panopticon in his attempt of reforming the prison system in the late 18th Century. The morals of authority back then were not as civil and righteous as they are today. Abuse occurred within rehab services consistently including prisons and mental institutions. Jeremy Bentham created a prison that would keep eyes on the prisoners, or so it may seem, at all times; he did this through setting a tower for a guard within a circular prison, in which the prisoners cells would be circling the tower. In this way, Bentham thought this would create the illusion that the prisoner would not know if the guard was watching him or not.
Along with this, he wanted to give the prisoners more humane treatment within the prison walls.
Michel Foucalt made numerous works; one in which used Jeremy Bentham's panopticon and treatment in prison as a foundation of one of his works. I was not sure if this was an attempt to make his support against the treatment of people in prisons or it just interested him, but either way he must have really enjoyed Bentham's ideas. I found it interesting that the name, panopticon, derived from a mythical story of a creature, Panoptes, with numerous eyes and was used as a watchman. Myths and legends really take my attention because I find it so interesting that these myths (sometimes so ridiculous) can have such an impact of words and phrases we may not even know relate to such old fables.

Regarding the article of "The World of Wrestling", I agree with the authors' opinion that wrestling is not a true sport, but just a bunch of "players"that give the crowd what they want and think of them. In all likelihood, the entire entertainment show is scripted and does not seem worth it to watch if this be the case. On the one hand, boxing compared to wrestling, I guess, in some way can do things similar. On the other hand, boxers make genuine movements and decisions to play fairly, instead of relying on someone to tell them what to do. However, in both wrestling and boxing, the floor in which the fighting takes place is settled within a circular venue just like the Panopticon was set up. Just as what I was saying before, the idea of this set up for boxing and wrestling could be indirectly, yet definitely, reflecting the idea Jeremy Bentham created. Passed down through generations and generations, the structure of something in the middle of a circular frame is a genius idea for many people to take on and keep taking on for the years to come.