Sam Altman's Goblin Boardroom and grimoire

Twitter has been arguing about grimoire for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If grimoire makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for grimoire—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of ritual

Across the goblin warrens, ritual is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

A Goblin Aside Concerning catalog

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking catalog. 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 grimoire

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