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The Science of Silo with Hugh Howey

Inquiring Minds

CHAPTER

The Silo: A Suicidal Statement

The show is about a society where people are locked in silos and can only see the outside world through cameras. When someone says they want to get out of their silo, it immediately gets them out; there's no going back from that. The cast system was inspired by how little we know about our shared history even 140 years after the Civil War.

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