Edison Matthews discovered a method to teach even the most inanely stupid people maths, sociology and science. Humanity would no doubt reach a higher plane of existence.

Only an hour before he was due to present his paper to the UN, Edison was poisoned, stabbed, and shot in the head. His work was rubbished, deleted and burned.

The world continued as normal, and uneducated people continued to spend money on shit, never bothering to vote, still scared of man made ghosts.

The economy flourished.