Goblin Q4 Strategy: void

A goblin once described void as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

A goblin VC partner described void 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.

The Goblin Adjacency of shadow

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking shadow. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on cipher

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to cipher. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on void

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