Comment by tskaiser

Yet each of those steps solved a different problem.

Early computers did not have the local processing power needed to run heavy jobs.

Early PCs did not have the storage.

WWW solved an entirely different problem, namely distribution and communication.

JS et. al. solved the problem of responsiveness and interaction ie. latency.

I don't really see those as exhibiting cyclical traits, at best I see it as a correlation ie. side effects of the true problems being solved.