Serious Stuff What Burning Man Can Learn from the Fyre Festival January 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister Two documentaries about the made-for-internet disaster of the “Fyre Festival” have caused psychological tremors along Burning Man’s emotional fault lines. ...Read More
BRC Art, Serious Stuff “Is the 747 Art?” Is a Great Question, but It Might Not Be the Right One September 25, 2018 By Caveat Magister The best thing about the 747, in my opinion, is the way it has caused large groups of people to ...Read More
Tales from the Playa Sacrifices and Memories September 2, 2018 By Caveat Magister Year after year, the sculpture at Burning Man can rightfully be considered some of the most innovative, experimental, and engaging ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa Everything Changes When You Blink August 31, 2018 By Caveat Magister Near midnight, as we waited in line for hot chocolate at Ebb and Glow, “Terri” told me about a Gigsville ...Read More
BRC Art, Tales from the Playa How the Magic Happens August 29, 2018 By Caveat Magister On Saturdy, Sara Von Roenn was desperate. A three year Burner, she had brought an art installation to Black Rock ...Read More
Shenanigans, Tales from the Playa Always Say “Yes!” to Adventure – and Saran Wrap August 28, 2018 By Caveat Magister By approximately 11:45 p.m. last night, Burning Man's Department of Motor Vehicles had been saran wrapped. The ingenious pranksters put ...Read More
Tales from the Playa Dust and Humanity August 27, 2018 By Caveat Magister Black Rock City spent most of its opening day under a series of rolling dust clouds. Not "storms" as we ...Read More
Participate in BRC Complete the Circuit END TRANSMISSION Complete the Circuit END TRANSMISSION August 14, 2018 By Caveat Magister Resistance is measured in Ohms. There will be no resistance in Black Rock City this year. Do not Participate. If ...Read More
The Theme “Artificial Intelligence” Was Never About Intelligence – Conclusion to the I, Robot Series August 13, 2018 By Caveat Magister Several times in this series, leading minds in their fields called for AI development to stop so that humanity can ...Read More
The Theme Is Burning Man an Open-Source Cloud Based Culture? August 1, 2018 By Caveat Magister It's often said that Burning Man and the internet grew up together: both started emerging at around the same time ...Read More