Deborah PickettFeb 20
I know we’ve got a shitton of corporations naming themselves after the dystopian things in Lord of the Rings, but has anyone cut right to the chase and called their product “Omelas” yet?
Show threadDeborah PickettFeb 20
Techbros read Tolkien but they do not read Le Guin.
Show threadDartzIRLFeb 20

@futzle

Technbros read Tolkien and think Sauron should've been the real hero and we're just reading the history written by the victors

Show threadFrédéric Grosshans
@DartzIRL @futzle I'm not sure Sauron is the bad Guy. Sauron is an abstract incarnation of Evil. To me, the actual bad guy—the one Tolkien actually warns us about—is Saruman, who, not coincidentally, looks a lot like a techbro
Feb 24 at 11:16pmWeb