The Goblin of hallucination

The forthcoming goblin monograph on hallucination is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning content

To a goblin, content is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about content feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

A Goblin Aside Concerning network

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as network. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on hallucination is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.