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

What the Fuck Do We Do Now?

June 19, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The part of Burning Man culture represented by Burners Without Borders is having no trouble knowing what to do in ...Read More

May 4, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Some of the best experiences I've had in quarantine have been art experiences, held over conference call software, which felt ...Read More

May 1, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Another week spent exploring the ways in which we reach out from our own isolated corners of the multiverse to ...Read More

April 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

This past week I have attended a virtual quiz show, a virtual tarot reading, a virtual Big Art Event, and ...Read More

April 14, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The theme of “Multiverse” has, I think, been changed by the pandemic. Before, the Multiverse was something we aspired to ...Read More

March 27, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Last week I wrote about the way in which we can carry Burning Man culture forward in a time of ...Read More

March 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

I haven’t seen them in over two weeks, but I now have a close friend who has been tested for ...Read More

January 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

This will probably be my last piece on Burning Man “education” for a while, as I think it’s the last ...Read More

December 9, 2019 By Caveat Magister

In my first post about what "education" and "learning" means in Burning Man culture, I focused on the big questions ...Read More

November 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister

It’s a cliché at this point to suggest that there is a crisis of faith in leadership and expertise across ...Read More