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Also known as benevolent conspiracy, “Pronoia is the sneaking hunch that others are conspiring behind your back to help you.” - Scottish psychologist Fraser Clark. "Symptoms include sudden attacks of optimism and outbreaks of good will.<ref>[http://www.avantgame.com/McGonigal_ARG_Austin%20Game%20Conference_Oct2005.pdf AvantGame Presentation at the Austin Game Conference] Jane McGonigal, 2005.</ref>
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John Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist and co-founder of the EFF called Pronoia “the opposite of paranoia—the suspicion that the universe is a conspiracy on your behalf.” Scottish psychologist Fraser Clark defines Pronoia as "the sneaking hunch that others are conspiring behind your back to help you. Symptoms include sudden attacks of optimism and outbreaks of good will".<ref>McGonigal, Jane. AvantGame Presentation at the Austin Game Conference. Published 2005. Accessed Oct 2011. http://www.avantgame.com/McGonigal_ARG_Austin%20Game%20Conference_Oct2005.pdf</ref>  
  
John Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist and co-founder of the EFF called Pronoia “the opposite of paranoia—the suspicion that the universe is a conspiracy on your behalf.”
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Free Will Astrologist Rob Brezsny defined Pronoia in 2004 as "the antidote for paranoia. It’s the understanding that the world is fundamentally friendly. It’s a mode of training the senses and intellect so you’re able to perceive the fact that life always gives you what you need, exactly when you need it".<ref>Ibid.</ref> Pronoia could also be defined as benevolent conspiracy.
 
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Rob Brezsny defined it in 2004 as "the antidote for paranoia. It’s the understanding that the world is fundamentally friendly. It’s a mode of training the senses and intellect so you’re able to perceive the fact that life always gives you what you need, exactly when you need it".<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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Definition

John Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist and co-founder of the EFF called Pronoia “the opposite of paranoia—the suspicion that the universe is a conspiracy on your behalf.” Scottish psychologist Fraser Clark defines Pronoia as "the sneaking hunch that others are conspiring behind your back to help you. Symptoms include sudden attacks of optimism and outbreaks of good will".[1]

Free Will Astrologist Rob Brezsny defined Pronoia in 2004 as "the antidote for paranoia. It’s the understanding that the world is fundamentally friendly. It’s a mode of training the senses and intellect so you’re able to perceive the fact that life always gives you what you need, exactly when you need it".[2] Pronoia could also be defined as benevolent conspiracy.

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  1. McGonigal, Jane. AvantGame Presentation at the Austin Game Conference. Published 2005. Accessed Oct 2011. http://www.avantgame.com/McGonigal_ARG_Austin%20Game%20Conference_Oct2005.pdf
  2. Ibid.