With 2019 well underway, many entrepreneurs, business executives and tech enthusiasts are hopeful it will be a year of innovation and growth. However, based on a sluggish end to 2018 in the tech sector and Gartner’s 2019 tech predictions looking like a "redo with new names," according to Forbes contributor Steve Andriole, one has to wonder if the dust has started to settle in our current tech era. It may seem like a somewhat surprising revelation, but it's not too far fetched if we look back at history.