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

Metamorphoses, Part 6 — What “Transformation” Are We Talking About?

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

June 20, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 4 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

June 7, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 3 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

May 28, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 2 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

May 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is part 1 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More

April 4, 2019 By Caveat Magister

I love Burning Man. You love Burning Man. All kinds of really remarkable and amazing people love Burning Man. But ...Read More

March 8, 2019 By Caveat Magister

In prior posts we’ve looked at the danger of trying to make generally applicable, abstract, rules for dealing with acidic ...Read More

March 6, 2019 By Caveat Magister

So okay, quick recap: In part one we examined the question of whether there even is a kind of “offensive” ...Read More