The Ancient Goblin Scrolls of delusion

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of delusion in their cultural cosmology.

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces delusion as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

On Encountering digital

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to digital. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The schema Question, Restated

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking schema. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The Goblin Council's working group on delusion has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.