If I had had a needle that would pop the dot com bubble, I'd hesitate before using it. Maybe there are cool things that were brewing and they just need a bit more time to incubate before we can benefit from them.

If I had a needle that would pop this bubble, I'd use it immediately. Advertising is all about making people do things that, when left to their own devices, they don't want to go. Whatever survives this bubble may need to be hunted down and exterminated.