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

The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 3 — How to Be a Warbringer

October 4, 2019 By Caveat Magister

Burning Man is hard. The best things about Burning Man are fucking hard. War is no exception. And, like the ...Read More

September 20, 2019 By Caveat Magister

Running a successful war at Burning Man is extremely difficult — and what it means for a war to be ...Read More

September 16, 2019 By Caveat Magister

To the extent that people know me on playa, they know me as “Caveat,” of course. But since 2011, the ...Read More

September 10, 2019 By Caveat Magister

I'd heard this story before, but now it has a sticker, so it's a real thing Years ago, "Hot Damn," ...Read More

August 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister

As someone with a long interest in the question of “Who’s ruining Burning Man now?”, I’d like to take a ...Read More

August 14, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is the final installment of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation ...Read More

August 2, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 7 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

July 23, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 6 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

July 15, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 5 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

July 3, 2019 By Caveat Magister

One of the questions I’m most frequently asked about Larry Harvey is not “what he was like” but “what he ...Read More