Don’t worry. Bubbles change society for the better.

Bubbles create opportunity and possibility-- and not just for those who are self-absorbed. The cycle of rebirth has funded many additional dreams and startups and has inspired others to use what they know for good, not evil.

Craigslist.org is demonstrating, to the utter bafflement of the investment community, that doing something positive does not have to entail endless monetization. Enough money, it turns out, is sometimes enough.

Individual internet ideas can and do make a difference. People like Matt Flanery, Premal Shah and Olana Hirsch Khan with Kiva.org are fundamentally and positively changing people’s lives. They did not invent micro-lending but saw the enabling possibilities of the internet, and they are not alone.

Democratization of information is an idea. Empowerment is an idea. Peace is an idea. But these companies are not ideas, they are real. The internet is changing what we can do for the betterment of our planet.

The overwhelming consensus of humans impacting the planet's environment has had the same application of the madness of the crowds, this time inducing positive social change and investment in everything from solar technology and sea-wave generators to carbon offset programs and recycling.

Every car used by CityCarShare.org helps take 20 cars off the road. TerraPass.com and CarbonFund.org allow you to not only offset your carbon footprint, but help assuage your guilt about driving that SUV.

Large organizations still benefit, but it’s the smaller, dynamic businesses that are innovating within the bubble. It reminds us that the internet is a tool. What do we want the internet to be? Or ourselves?