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One of the important themes running through Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and that story’s associated foundational histories, is corruption. The taint of corruption is manifest throughout these stories in several ways and stems from a variety of sources, but the corruption of the One Ring is the most conspicuous of these manifestations. It is also the one we get to see evolve, transfer among, and grow in several of the main characters. There’s a design lesson here.