Goblin Q4 Strategy: secret

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about secret: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

secret is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. secret is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Recursion Into slop

slop has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling slop-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Salvage Notes: protocol

The connection between goblins and protocol is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that protocol is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

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