In the first half of 2026, Apple's App Store received more new submissions than in the entirety of the previous year — not because human creativity surged, but because AI tools now allow anyone to conjure an app from a passing thought. The gap between what is being made and what anyone actually wants has never been wider, and the platforms built to connect the two are straining under the weight of a flood they were never designed to hold. This is a familiar tension in technological history: when the cost of creation collapses, the burden of curation rises to take its place.