All posts by Caveat Magister

A member of Burning Man Project's Philosophical Center, Caveat served as the Volunteer Coordinator for Media Mecca from 2008 - 2013, and the lead writer/researcher for Burning Man's education program from 2016 - 2018. Caveat is the author of the The Scene That Became Cities: what Burning Man philosophy can teach us about building better communities. 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

Lost Thoughts

September 14, 2011 By Caveat Magister

She said she’d stepped out of the RV because her camp-mates were having a big argument on their way into ...Read More

September 12, 2011 By Caveat Magister

I’d like to think that a radical social movement could run a successful bike share program. Burning Man 2011 has ...Read More

September 8, 2011 By Caveat Magister

The playa was rough and even with my flashlight it was too dark to see the bumps in front of ...Read More

August 25, 2011 By Caveat Magister

The recent riots in London got me thinking about what it means to be connected to a community. Until recently ...Read More

August 10, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Here’s what I’ve been thinking about when I hear that sound camps are scrambling to find tickets for a bunch ...Read More

August 3, 2011 By Caveat Magister

The Federal Trade Commission just made it easier to get fired for being seen at Burning Man … by making ...Read More

July 29, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Burning Man is still sold out. To the extent that you learn about a community during a crisis, I wonder ...Read More

July 25, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Has someone hit you up for tickets yet? Man … this is brutal. I’ve been getting slammed with requests all ...Read More

July 14, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Culture belongs to those who submit to it – Philip Rieff I’ve only been invited to one playa wedding. ...Read More

July 7, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Of all the dehumanizing aspects of modern life, the drive for efficiency-over-everything is the most insidious because it punishes us ...Read More