Tracy Marks answers “Why don't the Silos have elevators? It...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1):

Why don't the Silos have elevators? It seems rather inconvenient navigating a 100+ floor city without elevators. I did a search on the Kindle edition of this book, and the word "elevator" doesn't appear. Is there something I missed?

Tracy Marks My guess: Those in control want to limit the ease of communication between levels. Too much easy communications and people will start thinking and que…moreMy guess: Those in control want to limit the ease of communication between levels. Too much easy communications and people will start thinking and questioning. Near the end of Wool, we learn from Bernard that Juliette's lover started thinking for himself, and had to sent cleaning. Granted, a lot of people are still going up and downstairs, but there's likely to be much less interchange between up top and down below elevators. And inevitably, the top 1% isn't likely to be too much in touch with or responsive to the needs of the 99%, right? <-:(less)

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