Elias sat in the dim light of his study, surrounded by a lifetime of digital clutter. His screen was a chaotic mosaic of photo albums, half-finished projects, and thousands of disorganized files. He was looking for one specific picture—a photograph of the old lighthouse from a summer ten years ago—but it was lost in the noise.

He clicked on his "Photos" folder, only to be met with the dreaded, endless scrolling interface.