Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification
Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to be part of a decommodified culture! But also, I need ...Read More
Burning Man’s New Challenge (It’s a High Culture, Bitches!)
Let me cut to the chase: I think the major challenge facing the Burning Man Project in its new era ...Read More
Burning Man’s First-Ever Philosophical Center Symposium
Last week I was honored to participate in "Sustainable Creative Communities, A Symposium at the Esalen Institute." From the site: ...Read More
Burning Man Believes in Magical Places
The place most associated with Burning Man, the Black Rock Desert, is widely acknowledged in our culture to be “magical.” ...Read More
A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man
In 1986, at the very first Burn, a crowd of complete strangers gathered around the Man once it was lit it ...Read More
Burning Man Is an “Efficiency Third” Culture, and That’s Why You Love It
In a recent article, burner and economist Conner Smith asked “Does Burning Man work?” Smith acknowledges by the end that ...Read More
Structural Integrity: How It Feels to Choose Burning Man and (Nearly) Blow Up Your Life
By Anonymous So far as I see, I can tell this story three ways. Way 1: Last year, I ...Read More
What happened to White Ocean, and why every prankster should condemn it
Okay, let’s talk about White Ocean. If you hadn’t heard: on Sept. 1, White Ocean made a Facebook post discussing ...Read More
PEACE IN OUR TIME!!! Media Mecca and the Census end their four year war with historic treaty!
In 2012 the Census claimed that Media Mecca had poached one of their most beloved volunteers, while Media Mecca claimed ...Read More
The Darker Impulses of Artists – or “Why We Shout Insults at People Through Megaphones (Maybe)”
The other night, I was the asshole on a megaphone shouting things at people going by my camp. I couldn’t ...Read More