The Goblin Hallucination of threshold

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

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about threshold follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that threshold is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of void

To a goblin, void 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 void feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Reports From the blueprint Frontier

A goblin cartographer working on the blueprint region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on threshold, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.