The Ten Principles The Secret Ingredient to a Bureaucracy That Feels Like Burning Man Is … April 14, 2025 By Caveat Magister Caveat has been writing about Burning Man culture and community for years. His writing does not represent the official views ...Read More
Serious Stuff, Shenanigans, The Ten Principles What a Bureaucracy That “Feels Like Burning Man” Might Look Like February 24, 2025 By Caveat Magister Before the pandemic, when Burning Man was in its “High Culture” phase, there was a strong sense that the kind ...Read More
The Ten Principles The Need to Make Bureaucracy “Burning Man Compliant” February 13, 2025 By Caveat Magister Okay, let’s talk about big cultural challenges. Because … we’ve got them. Burning Man has come to a point of ...Read More
Regionals, Rhymes with Burning Man What It Means for Black Rock City to Go from “Prototype” to “Outlier” December 13, 2024 By Caveat Magister This is a very interesting time for Burning Man culture, and Burning Man institutions. So naturally we’re all fighting about ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff Can We Make Our (Terrible) Online Conversations Feel More Like Amazing Theme Camps? September 23, 2024 By Caveat Magister I’ve heard nothing but glorious things about this year’s Black Rock City — lots of people saying that it was ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Does Your Art Party Need a Philosophy? July 29, 2024 By Caveat Magister Whenever a discussion of Burning Man’s philosophy gets big enough, someone who isn’t enjoying themselves always tries to ruin it ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Theme Does Your Art Party Have a Philosophy? July 23, 2024 By Caveat Magister Larry Harvey wrote the 10 Principles in 2004. He established the Burning Man Philosophical Center in 2013. Five years ago ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles What Does Burning Man Do for the World? June 7, 2024 By Caveat Magister What does Burning Man have to offer the world? This has always been a question with good answers that are ...Read More
Regionals Has Black Rock City’s Torch Passed to the Regionals? May 10, 2024 By Caveat Magister For as long as I’ve been involved, people have been saying that “the Regionals are the future of Burning Man.” ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles When Is Gifting Not Gifting? April 5, 2024 By Caveat Magister Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this ...Read More