The Perfect Record in a History of Hidden Timelines

This paper explains how conspiratorial renditions of the world can be useful if simply regarded akin to worst-case scenarios. The concept of nightmare-proof strategies is a way of dealing with the unthinkable. A Nightmare-Perfect course of action is the best response to what commonly is regarded as reality, and simultaneously optimal in imaginary or alternative realities.

Nightmare-Proof Strategies in the Age of the Plague.

Nightmare-proof strategies are theoretically interesting. In this case the strategy must also be optimal in the imaginary world where the pandemic is just a charade to terrorise/control/get rid of (inconvenient) citizens.