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The business of bringing people together

When I was growing up, piracy was killing the cinemas. Was that just after the VCR was invented, I dont quite remember. But when I grew up, video parlours and video rentals were the biggest neighbourhood business. And it was said cinema will be killed.

Then, computers and CDs came in, as did mobile phones - but then the multiplex arrived and through all this Cinemas has survived and thrived - morphed as they did from just movies to movies plus fun plus people. 

Like cinemas, restaurants are all about people and interactions. Post covid, any business that is about bringing people together - cinemas, sports, restaurants, training, events, even travel/hospitality to some extent have to reimagine their existence. 

And I dont know about the others, but will covid change the way we watch movies? Movies will need to be released, will they go entirely into homes? Restaurants are already delivering into homes. Travel - business travel has been forced to go virtual. As have trainings. Sports, we will need to wait and see, but theaters and malls - I think this will be changed significantly. Or will it?

I admit this isnt a very coherent post - started with thinking of cinemas, thought about taking it up to an abstract level and promptly lost my way.
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