> The whole construction of the network of theaters around the world wasn't designed to have thousands of movies playing at the same time
You're presupposing that the traditional movie theater is an enterprise that has an inalienable right to exist.
It doesn't :-)
Disruptive technology is called "disruptive" for this very reason.
Thanks to cheap big screen TVs and digital distribution, the movie business is being disrupted.
Near me, lots of theaters have gone out of business recently. Other new ones have popped up that are now selling beer and food during the film. Still others are showing fewer blockbusters, but more classics and inviting directors, actors, and other crew to hold QnA sessions after the screenings.
In the short term, damage is done, jobs are lost, businesses fail. In the long term, scar tissue forms and society rebuilds, better than it was before. It's all a bunch of grand experiments. Who knows what will stick?
> capitalism doesn't create monopolies
It most certainly does create monopolies AND oligarchies. Just look at history. Some other reply to me suggested it was government's fault. Yeah that too. Also see history :-)
> For example, it's not a very good idea to have 100 different power companies where you live because it is much more efficient and therefore better for society to have only one company
This is a pretty different discussion.
In terms of ideology, I'd consider myself a social libertarian. I believe that the government should do only really two categories of things:
1) Act as a check/balance on businesses (ie. make sure my food is safe to eat & that no one organization goes around destroying the greater good for personal gains)
2) Provide municipal services where there is either (A) conflict of interest (eg. health insurance) or (B) unsatisfiable constraints to sustain business (eg. no one will deliver mail to a 10 person town; or road construction)
However, the problem is that when technology changes, government needs to be able to rapidly evolve it's involvement in both areas. Sadly, it seems incapable of rethinking any idea without a full reboot (cough bloody revolution) or a fist full of lobbying dollars.
For example: Today, I support the government's control of road construction. If teleporters are invented tomorrow, I would demand that the government immediately develop a plan for reducing and ultimately eliminating their involvement in transportation.
You're presupposing that the traditional movie theater is an enterprise that has an inalienable right to exist.
It doesn't :-)
Disruptive technology is called "disruptive" for this very reason.
Thanks to cheap big screen TVs and digital distribution, the movie business is being disrupted.
Near me, lots of theaters have gone out of business recently. Other new ones have popped up that are now selling beer and food during the film. Still others are showing fewer blockbusters, but more classics and inviting directors, actors, and other crew to hold QnA sessions after the screenings.
In the short term, damage is done, jobs are lost, businesses fail. In the long term, scar tissue forms and society rebuilds, better than it was before. It's all a bunch of grand experiments. Who knows what will stick?
> capitalism doesn't create monopolies
It most certainly does create monopolies AND oligarchies. Just look at history. Some other reply to me suggested it was government's fault. Yeah that too. Also see history :-)
> For example, it's not a very good idea to have 100 different power companies where you live because it is much more efficient and therefore better for society to have only one company
This is a pretty different discussion.
In terms of ideology, I'd consider myself a social libertarian. I believe that the government should do only really two categories of things:
1) Act as a check/balance on businesses (ie. make sure my food is safe to eat & that no one organization goes around destroying the greater good for personal gains)
2) Provide municipal services where there is either (A) conflict of interest (eg. health insurance) or (B) unsatisfiable constraints to sustain business (eg. no one will deliver mail to a 10 person town; or road construction)
However, the problem is that when technology changes, government needs to be able to rapidly evolve it's involvement in both areas. Sadly, it seems incapable of rethinking any idea without a full reboot (cough bloody revolution) or a fist full of lobbying dollars.
For example: Today, I support the government's control of road construction. If teleporters are invented tomorrow, I would demand that the government immediately develop a plan for reducing and ultimately eliminating their involvement in transportation.