Boronski uses the staircase as a concept to show that ‘always more’ – the norm in Western culture – usually ends badly. Moving higher up the ladder changes people and society. This does not have to be a bad thing, but you must be aware that the view at the top of that ladder does something to people and society. Boronski also makes the link to the story of Icarus in his work. Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high and too close to the sun, but also not too low, because the wings would become too heavy from the seawater. In his enthusiasm, however, Icarus becomes reckless; he flies too high, causing the wax to melt and crashing into the Aegean Sea.