Alien visitors offered 'The Implants' so everyone could access 'The Source,' a vast galactic AI-operated library.

Many on Earth accused 'pro-implanters' of wanting to control the masses.

An alien historian intervened:

"We had the same debates on our homeworld over theories of a hidden agenda by invisible forces. But, of course, it's the basis for fascism. Facts or rationality need not apply.

"Our 'anti-implanters' falsely proclaimed election fraud or grandiose conspiracy theories. Some claimed the existence of shape-shifting interdimensional beings as the stories became more fantastic over time. We faced an existential threat of disinformation.

"The implants drastically changed everything."