Call to me, call to me, lands far away,
For I must now wander this wandering day.
Away I must wander this wandering day.
– Poppy Proudfellow, “The Rings of Power”
It’s no secret that I derive a special kind of joy from finding lessons for my life and work in tech within pop culture — and specifically “geeky” movies, tv series, books, and more. With Amazon’s “The Rings of Power” season one reaching its conclusion, there was zero chance I wasn’t going to dig into it with zeal to see what this Tolkien (or at least Tolkien-inspired) work might hold.