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

War at Burning Man! Part II: The Empire Strikes Twice

October 19, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Author’s Note: The following is an account of the events of The War of the Rites, an epic conflict ...Read More

October 18, 2011 By Caveat Magister

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on the night of Monday, Aug. 29, the double-decker art boat “Dodo” drove up before BMIR, ...Read More

October 11, 2011 By Caveat Magister

I’ve heard Occupy Wall Street described as being “like Burning Man” several times now. Sometimes that’s just by the jackasses ...Read More

September 29, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Yep – it’s that time again. Dammit. I hate that time. You’ve shaken the dust off, caught up on sleep, ...Read More

September 21, 2011 By Caveat Magister

Aren’t you just like (INSERT HISTORICAL MOVEMENT HERE) and won’t you fail just like they did? ...Read More

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