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

An open letter to businesses who want to offer luxury trips to Burning Man

May 27, 2015 By Caveat Magister

Dear Entrepreneurs: We’ve never met – at least I don’t think – and so I don’t know whether you’re true ...Read More

April 18, 2015 By Caveat Magister

I’ve crashed about half of the Burning Man Global Leadership Conferences (including back when it was the “Regional Network Conferences) ...Read More

April 6, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This post is inspired by reading the final chapter of Terry Eagleton’s “Culture and the Death of God.” Read all the ...Read More

March 23, 2015 By Caveat Magister

One gets the impression that many Burners thought that when Burning Man got big enough for the forces of liberal ...Read More

March 11, 2015 By Caveat Magister

A few years ago Sondra Carr, the artist who first introduced me to Burning Man, said that she had reached ...Read More

January 26, 2015 By Caveat Magister

(This post is part of our continuing "Book Club" reading of Terry Eagleton’s “Culture and the Death of God.” Read all ...Read More

January 4, 2015 By Caveat Magister

Hi Everybody: Last year I started reading literary scholar Terry Eagleton's book "Culture and the Death of God," and I ...Read More

December 29, 2014 By Caveat Magister

Chip Conley, a member of Burning Man’s board, frequently likes to say: “The more digital we get, the more ritual ...Read More

December 17, 2014 By Caveat Magister

We always think of the principle of “Leave No Trace” as applying to things. To garbage. To left over zip ...Read More

November 17, 2014 By Caveat Magister

This is a response to the feedback on my list “12 Shocking Revelations about ultra-rich Burning Man plug-and-play camps!” Before ...Read More