SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stanford Prison Experiment
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You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees, ironically waiting to wake up. A prison for you mind-one you can"t smell, taste, or touch----the matrix. The pain that he endures when he is released from the cocoon-first step in gaining his freedom; the power of discomfort and frustration. The great gift that neo has: very powerful and special ability-capacity to become one with the machine, understand and influence the machine; the machine can"t control him, bend the matrix to his will-it can never take over him; He can control the matrix but the matrix can"t control him. Society is external to the individual but it is not an all-powerful machine that controls us. Always the choice: freedom or cheerful robot. Why women in the first-world is concerned with their physical appearance-influence of societal norms and public media; dominate individual identity and attitude--- partial truth;
