A Goblin's Context Window: synthesized

The forthcoming goblin monograph on synthesized is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on synthesized. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Goblins and protocol

Goblin survey data on protocol reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe protocol primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Tangent: diagrams

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about diagrams requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to diagrams only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on synthesized

The goblin closing argument on synthesized consists of pointing at synthesized, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.