There's no denying that the rise of social entrepreneurship has and will further change the landscape of this world for the better.

The role of citizen involvement in this may not necessarily be the best place to look. Rather, I argue that the state ought to step up and foster this type of social change and there are a variety of ways in which this can be accomplished. Through the power of the purse, they can fund more organizations that provide seed funding to potential entrepreneurs. The government can also look to establish or integrate the concept of social entrepreneurship in various school curriculums. Not only does a program of this concept foster creativity amongst youths, it will also allow for the training ground of future leaders, making "learning" a worthwhile endeavor.

Furthermore, given the advent of corporate social responsibility as the for-profit sector's "do-good" arm, specific corporations ought to adopt a Google mantra -that is, give time and create incentives for employees to innovate, and allow for those ideas to take off. Multi-billion dollar corporations can certainly fund a couple of thousand dollar endeavor. If this is successful, perhaps another hip trend can occur within the for-profit sector.

There is a scary thought, however, in Brooks' comparison of social entrepreneurship as a fashionable item. Indeed, like corporate social responsibility, this modern era of "do-good" is exploding. However, what happens when it falls out of fashion as the comparison implies? Hopefully it does not happen anytime soon.

Stories of inspiration are the foundation of this great nation, and I'm glad to be living in an era where the zeitgeist is dedicated to achieving social good.