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Tolkien: Is any of this worth it? Will anyone even read this a generation or two from now?
time traveller: Oh, your books become enduring successes and cultural touchstones. People even name companies after lore from the books.
Tolkien: Imagine that! A company named Frodo!
time traveller: Ehh…
Tolkien: Strider Industries!
time traveller: That's not exactly…
Tolkien: Bombadil Incorporated!
time traveller: Okay, so here's the thing…
@lrhodes @TerryHancock I’m waiting for a Peter Thiel funded startup named Sauron.
@michaelgemar @lrhodes @TerryHancock
Thiel's next venture needs to be named Morgoth Military Metasystems Inc. Just saying.
@cstross @michaelgemar @lrhodes @TerryHancock If they wanted to be slightly less overt they could go with Melkor Military Metasystems.
@cstross or Nazgûl Life Systems (building military robots).
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