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> Surveillance is an ancient urgency among certain influential thinkers; it was a central prescription set down by Calvin in the Institutes, by Plato in the Republic, by Hobbes, by Comte, by Francis Bacon

Made me think of Calvin and Hobbes - but there's conflicting evidence if this was the main inspiration behind the names [0]

[0]: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-significance-behind-the-na...



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