"Silo" is an allegory for our own forgotten history
I began to wonder: Were the writers of the show deliberately creating analogies, to prepare the masses for disclosure? Or, were the writers channeling the same themes as the psychics I follow, and writing it into art without realizing it’s actually truth?
The Apple TV sci-fi show Silo and bestselling book series Wool both captured imaginations with a society living in massive underground bunkers, not knowing why, and vilifying the words “I want to go outside" into a cardinal sin.
When I first read the books, my brain lit up with multiple analogies. There’s the obvious one, that it’s not considered polite to announce you’d like to kill yourself, even though this is an emotion many people feel. Then, there’s all the other ways we aren't allowed to express things. Or question the system. If not risk of punishment, there's risk of embarrassment.
Around the time the TV adaptation Silo began airing, I was beginning to follow some spiritual conspiracy theorists.
I started to notice the same themes and language being used. I began to wonder: Were the writers of the show deliberately creating analogies, to prepare the masses for disclosure? Or, were the writers channeling the same themes as the psychics I follow, and writing it into art without realizing it’s actually truth?
Let me be candid—I'm both fascinated and entertained by the conspiracy theories I've come across through various podcasts and newsletters. I’m not a hardcore believer. But my spiritual journey has led me to question most everything we’ve been taught in school, about history, government, and outer space.
Here are five themes from Silo and the real-world conspiracy theory it aligns with.
(Yes, there will be spoilers!)
Is reality weirder than today’s best sci-fi? Maybe we’ll never know for sure, so let’s relish the inquiry.