In Limetown people were excited about the concept of the tech, but not everyone got the tech there was a control group. When someone who wasn’t in that control group got the implant the people who did not have the implant freaked out and destroyed the supplement supply. This caused people with the implant to freak out because the device in their head was freaking out. The people with the tech experienced hysteria from not being able to have the supplement for the tech which made them feel immense fear from being able to hear everyone at the same time inside their heads. This lead to the killing of Oscar Totem which caused even more fear for the people with the implants because they felt what it was like to die.