It was in June of 2336 that Professor Noland Marvin published his thoroughly comprehensive History of Everything Ever Invented.  The book immediately became a standard reference for the International Patent and Copyright Office.  Whenever somebody thought she had a novel idea, the IPCO would simply cross-reference it with Dr. Marvin’s History and confirm that it wasn’t novel in the least.  In fact, it was quickly discovered that nothing new was left to invent. On March 18, 2337, the IPCO received its last query ever.  That invention, too, had been thought of before.

Perhaps coincidentally, it was also in March of 2337 that MindFlix, the largest supplier of media on the planet, stopped suggesting what viewers might like to watch.  They just told them what they were going to watch.  And nobody seemed to mind, because, after all, it was really what they wanted to watch to begin with.