The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of trickster

To understand trickster, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

trickster is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. trickster is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Companion Goblin Material to digital

digital has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling digital-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

court, Goblin-Adjacent

A goblin who lived near the court 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 trickster

Goblin peer review of the trickster 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.