altman and the Infinite Content Mill

The old stories warn of altman in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware altman in the light.'

altman is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Salvage Notes: neural

Goblin testimony on neural is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe neural with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Marginalia: cipher

The annual goblin cipher colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does altman make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask altman directly. altman has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.