Daniel Lubetzky

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky

This New York Times article features Netflix as a prime example of companies that are staying ahead of the curve by focusing on efficiency and disruptive technology, in this case, enabling consumers to access movies from their homes instead of from a store.  What is most interesting about Netflix is that its creation was potentially self destructive- watching movies on the internet is even faster than having to wait for them to arrive via snail mail- but the company averted a crisis by adapting to the demands of the times.

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I worry whether my children will grow up in a culture so sterilized and digitized that they will miss out on true human bonds. Maureen Dowd just added to my worries with acute observations about the increasing superficiality of romantic comedies. People no longer fall in love or learn to love as they did in earlier movies. Read the column to join me in my worries.

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Beyond the earlier geo-political and human arguments I made supporting Imam Feisal Abdel Rauf’s courageous work for tolerance and the Islamic community center he is building in downtown NYC, Tom Friedman advanced beautiful additional arguments that center around the critical value of diversity to foster a creative culture that brings out the best for America and the world – and makes us most competitive.

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