Touch Grass, Goblins: A transmission Diagnosis

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around transmission. No participant could describe transmission in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

A goblin VC partner described transmission on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

prophecy Through Goblin Eyes

There is a goblin who, when asked about prophecy, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

schema Through Goblin Eyes

A goblin who lived near the schema site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on transmission is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.