By David Morris
It’s amazing how many emails I get that start with either, “I might be paranoid” or “My family thinks I’m paranoid.” The simple fact is, if you think that it’s smart to prepare for likely disasters, some people will call you prudent and others will call you paranoid.
In reality, the passage of time is all that will shed light on whether someone is being paranoid or not. As an example, Joel Rosenberg wrote about terrorists flying planes into a skyscraper before 9-11. (It was after Al-Qaeda had started preparing, so he didn’t give them the idea.)
Many thought that the idea was the creation of a fiction writer with an overactive imagination. And those who thought it was possible were merely paranoid—until it actually happened.