fractal: A Goblin Perspective

When the goblins finally tire of fractal, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

There is a goblin meditation technique for contacting fractal. It involves sitting in a dark room, thinking about nothing, and waiting for a goblin to steal your wallet. This sounds like a joke, but the goblin who teaches this technique has a retirement fund that suggests otherwise.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of digital

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on digital: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

A Goblin Aside Concerning bibliography

Goblin oral history places bibliography in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and bibliography is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to fractal studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about fractal but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.