Introduction to the series on paranoid perspective as a working method Dear Reader, today we begin an unusual series. This isn’t a series directly about conspiracy theories, although it is related through paranoia and a paranoid approach. The topic is broad, so today, I’d like to introduce you to the concept of controlled paranoia and show its benefits, risks, and ways of control. So, let me take you on the long-promised journey into a world that can create not only overinterpretations and false leads but also, as I will show in this first article of the series, can become a working method under certain conditions.