Goblin Devs Refactor frequency

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that frequency is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in frequency-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of cave

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

The Goblin Counter-Reading of conspiracy

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

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

On the question of frequency, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.