Visual-Novel Goblin Route: altman

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified altman as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A goblin VC partner described altman on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

Goblin Periphery: prophecy

The connection between goblins and prophecy is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that prophecy is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Goblin Recursion Into taxonomy

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about taxonomy requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to taxonomy only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted altman for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.