One could instead take the point to be, if you’re Sauron, keep a better hold on your ring.
Re:Discworld Rules
by notahacker on Saturday March 08, 2025 @04:08PM
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A more accurate reading of LOTR would give us startups with names like Nazgul and Saruman...
Quite apart from not wanting people to try to be Sauron, Tolkein just didn't like industry very much.
Sadly, it seems like this particular point was missed by several prominent tech folks who took notes from LotR...