Surveillance Sport: The Death of the "Human" Element

In the final week of Milano Cortina, we are witnessing the collision of "Sport" and "Surveillance Capitalism." When a curling match is decided by a capacitive touch sensor rather than a human eye, we have entered what Baudrillard called "Hyper-Reality"—where the digital model is more "real" than the physical event.In this episode, Sascha Funk analyzes the "Double-Touch" scandal and the performative confession of Sturla Holm Lægreid through the lens of media theory. We discuss the "Panopticon" effect on athletes and why the obsession with high-definition accuracy is actually destroying the narrative of the games.Keywords: Surveillance Society, Hyper-Reality, Panopticon, Winter Olympics 2026, Media Ecology, The Spectacle, FUNK !T Podcast.