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How the Elevator Shaped Our World
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Pessimist Archive Podcast - Episode 1 - Russian Leaders and Elevators
In 1959, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev was visiting New York and staying at the Waldorf Astoria. It turned into a whole thing with his team worrying that it was a security thread. Today, you'll never see Vladimir Putin in an elevator. Back then, world leaders may have worried about elevators seeming too democratic. today, they just worry about becoming sitting ducks in a box.
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