I'd say some things we need to prepare for are:
-humans being recycled into our food and petfood (turns out "horse" DNA and human DNA are pretty close indeed. see "horsemeat" scandal in the UK. if you ever want to lose some sleep, look into 'animal digest' and how carcasses are collected and rendered. what would the human equivalent be?
-engineered weather, to a degree normies could never fathom. like gloomy weather when sheeple are meant to be sad, etc..
-actual mind control using cell towers, modern teevees, etc.
-hidden technology which, had it been revealed, could have essentially avoided hundreds of years of exploitation
-misc. schools, restaurants, etc. are all tied into pedo networks
-and so forth
fringe would be: matrix, origin of humans, nature of the planet and 'space', etc..