Touch Grass, Goblins: A prophecy Diagnosis

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

The goblin approach to prophecy can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized prophecy better than any human organization could.

Salvage Notes: signal

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on signal. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Echoes of dossier in the Goblin Archive

In the goblin underground, dossier is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

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

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