Passively Numb And The Netflix Effect On Cinema

The biggest hurdle movie theaters and entertainers have these days is getting people out of the house. Are we lazy by nature? Do humans simply love the convenience of being spoon fed easy to digest information while staying home? Are subscription services a good thing or merely ruining originality and human's ability to create something different? Is technology making you passive or active? Today on the Spiritual Spiral Podcast, I talk about this concept of living in a day and age where we have access to too much information. There are too many TV shows, too many subscription services, too many podcasts and too much music to consume. We don't possibly have the time to consume everything so we end up staring at our phones while we drive, while we walk down the street or while we eat dinner and it ultimately creates a numbing effect. I also talk about the impact Netflix is having on cinema and how if Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time has to rely on Netflix to get his film produced, is this a sign we are reaching the end of cinema. Will movie theaters be a thing of the past? Will people no longer be interested in turning off the convenience of Netflix in order to go out and "experience" a movie in the theater? If you dig the show, please remember to share it with your friends or head on over to iTunes and write a quick review. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page. Thanks so much for listening and supporting the show.