All posts by Caveat Magister

Caveat is Burning Man's Philosopher Laureate. A founding member of its Philosophical Center, he is the author of The Scene That Became Cities: what Burning Man philosophy can teach us about building better communities, and Turn Your Life Into Art: lessons in Psychologic from the San Francisco Underground. He has also written several books which have nothing to do with Burning Man. He has finally got his email address caveat (at) burningman (dot) org working again. He tweets, occasionally, as @BenjaminWachs

The Midway Is Calling, to You and to Burning Man

September 1, 2015 By Caveat Magister

Hundreds of art cars were circling the Man, shining in the dark. A thousand more bicycles were parked outside of ...Read More

August 30, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: I would rather be writing about theme camps. I would rather be writing about the Midway. But in ...Read More

August 22, 2015 By Caveat Magister

This is amazing. For the second year in a row BMIR station manager J Kanizzle and Jex of Subatomica have ...Read More

August 18, 2015 By Caveat Magister

I have a Tigger condom. A condom with a picture of the character “Tigger” on it. It was a playa ...Read More

August 12, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This post is part of a series inspired by reading Scott Timberg’s “Culture Crash: the killing of the creative class.” ...Read More

July 28, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This is the second post inspired by reading the introduction of Scott Timberg’s “Culture Crash: the killing of the creative ...Read More

July 21, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This post is the second in a new book club, and inspired by reading the introduction of Scott Timberg’s “Culture ...Read More

July 7, 2015 By Caveat Magister

Burning Man news comes at you faster than a speeding metaphor! More powerful than a leaping analogy! You need to ...Read More

July 1, 2015 By Caveat Magister

This is one of my favorite stories about a piece of art. After Michelangelo was commissioned to paint “The Last ...Read More

June 2, 2015 By Caveat Magister

I've always taken Radical Inclusion very personally because I'm convinced that, if it weren't for Radical Inclusion, I never would ...Read More