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
You got your money in my art! You got your art in my money!
This is one of my favorite stories about a piece of art. After Michelangelo was commissioned to paint “The Last ...Read More
Why Radical Inclusion should make us uncomfortable
I've always taken Radical Inclusion very personally because I'm convinced that, if it weren't for Radical Inclusion, I never would ...Read More
An open letter to businesses who want to offer luxury trips to Burning Man
Dear Entrepreneurs: We’ve never met – at least I don’t think – and so I don’t know whether you’re true ...Read More
What Is A Festival?
I’m sure we’ve all cringed when a friend or co-worker says, “Burning Man? …that’s like Coachella, right?” But it is ...Read More
Global Leadership for a world of amateurs
I’ve crashed about half of the Burning Man Global Leadership Conferences (including back when it was the “Regional Network Conferences) ...Read More
What I’ve learned about Burning Man from reading “Culture and the Death of God.”
(This post is inspired by reading the final chapter of Terry Eagleton’s “Culture and the Death of God.” Read all the ...Read More
Primal Screaming over Burning Man (and the war of cultural appropriation)
One gets the impression that many Burners thought that when Burning Man got big enough for the forces of liberal ...Read More
Raise your hand if you’ve “graduated” from Burning Man
A few years ago Sondra Carr, the artist who first introduced me to Burning Man, said that she had reached ...Read More
The March of the Little Green Man
By Will Chase
On an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday, around 80,000 people sat nervously in front of their computers, waiting for the noon hour ...Read More