A few days back, I was having a productive exchange, over the ether, with an old friend, about what was happening and how to respond to happenings in today’s world, when he asked the question: “Ps can you remember when you began to believe what might be called conspiracy theories?”. This is my response and, because it is one I suspect that others who follow my take on world events may be interested in, I write this article and am widening the discussion.