Why this word is great
PANOPTICISM — [Noun] The state or quality of being panoptic; all-seeingness, especially in the context of pervasive surveillance or social control. From panoptic (Greek pan- "all" + optikos "of or for seeing") + -ism (denoting a state or quality). Unlike "omniscience" (which implies divine, effortless knowing) or "transparency" (which suggests mutual clarity), panopticism is the cold machinery of observation turned inward: the unblinking eye of the CCTV camera, the algorithmic gaze parsing your search history, the quiet awareness that someone, somewhere, could be watching. It is the prison tower’s shadow stretching across the yard, the office cubicle’s fluorescent exposure, the silent, gnawing knowledge that your every keystroke might be logged—a world where the possibility of being watched is more oppressive than the watching itself. We live in glass houses, but the walls are one-way.