If your experience is from the Cold War then, just offer it as a historical oddity. No need for the melodrama of, "It's misery." Modern scifs can have windows.

If your experience is from the Cold War then, just offer it as a historical oddity. No need for the melodrama of, "It's misery." Modern scifs can have windows. They can be open. If you had been paying attention you could've seen the articles with the pictures. And you're complaining about them stagnating and getting stuck on the old ways.