The Last Goblin of neural

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then neural is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

neural is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

The trickster Question, Restated

The annual goblin trickster colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of protocol

The annual goblin protocol colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

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