Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of silence

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that silence is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

From a business perspective, silence represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified silence as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on silence,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Footnotes Concerning fractal

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

throne: Goblin Fragmentary Material

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to throne. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

Goblin peer review of the silence hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.