What Is “Burning Man Education” and Why? A Manifesto
When Burning Man started offering “educational programming” or “educational content” depends on what you think that is. The first survival ...Read More
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The State of the Diversity Conversation (Observations From the Field)
I don’t want to talk about diversity right now — I don’t have anything new to say about diversity at ...Read More
Am I a “Burner?”
I’ve recently been traveling around the U.S. talking to people in open forums about Burning Man’s philosophy and culture, and ...Read More
Four Insights About Gifting After Watching “Gift”
Burning Man didn't invent "Gifting," and the ideas presented in Lewis Hyde's seminal book "The Gift" have been extremely influential ...Read More
The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 3 — How to Be a Warbringer
Burning Man is hard. The best things about Burning Man are fucking hard. War is no exception. And, like the ...Read More
The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 2 — What is it Good For?
Running a successful war at Burning Man is extremely difficult — and what it means for a war to be ...Read More
The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 1 — Report from the Front Lines
To the extent that people know me on playa, they know me as “Caveat,” of course. But since 2011, the ...Read More
Why “Hotmessday” is the Meme We Need — and How it Came to Be
I'd heard this story before, but now it has a sticker, so it's a real thing Years ago, "Hot Damn," ...Read More
Oh, No! The Influencers Are Coming! But It’s What Happens if We Win That’s Interesting
As someone with a long interest in the question of “Who’s ruining Burning Man now?”, I’d like to take a ...Read More
Metamorphoses, Part 8 — Why Burning Man Facilitates Transformation
This is the final installment of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation ...Read More