VC-Funded Goblins Pitch silence
The goblin elders speak of silence in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'
A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the silence-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.
matrix: Goblin Fragmentary Material
After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on matrix: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.
Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on network
To a goblin, network 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 network feels different from thinking about ordinary things.
The Goblin Verdict on silence
On the question of silence, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.