Trapped in The Multiverse — What Should a Digital Burning Man Be?
The theme of “Multiverse” has, I think, been changed by the pandemic. Before, the Multiverse was something we aspired to ...Read More
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Theme Camp Isolation Experiments: Week One
Last week I wrote about the way in which we can carry Burning Man culture forward in a time of ...Read More
Burning Man Culture in a Time of Plague
I haven’t seen them in over two weeks, but I now have a close friend who has been tested for ...Read More
What if “Burning Man Education” Is More About Relationships Than Training?
This will probably be my last piece on Burning Man “education” for a while, as I think it’s the last ...Read More
Trust Your Team to Laugh: How “Burning Man Education” Works at Retreats and Symposiums
In my first post about what "education" and "learning" means in Burning Man culture, I focused on the big questions ...Read More
What is Burning Man Leadership? A Model
It’s a cliché at this point to suggest that there is a crisis of faith in leadership and expertise across ...Read More
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
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