Trope-a-Day: Sealed Evil in a Can

Sealed Evil in a Can: Probably more than a few of them, buried in ancient ruins and archives.  A few are physical artifacts, but most are information – recipes either for software or for assemblers.  And rather inconveniently, they’re mixed in with not-much-really in a can, incomprehension in a can, and enough wealth in a can that there’s always someone willing to try for a big score by cooking up said recipes, and hoping they don’t make something smarter and eviler than they are.

Hope is rarely sufficient.