Opinion | Burning Man Journal

Why Does Burning Man Matter?

November 7, 2024 By Erica Blair

At first glance, Burning Man looks like a kaleidoscope of contradictions: an experiment in Radical Self-reliance built on a bedrock of collaboration and Communal Effort; a decommodified endeavor that takes ...Read More

Serious Stuff

How many theme camps can dance on the head of a Burning Man ticket?

November 19, 2012 By Caveat Magister

Have you come up with a theory about how Burning Man should handle ticket sales yet? ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Does Burning Man have a favorite economist?

October 31, 2012 By Caveat Magister

A recent discussion I was having about the future of Burning Man raised the question: “is it really part of ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Predicting Burning Man’s future … in headlines

October 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister

The title of Adam Rothstein’s essay about the Burning Man experience is “Burning Man is Grey.” You and I might ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Opera de la Playa

September 14, 2012 By Jennifer Raiser

[Jennifer Raiser is an avid long-time Burner, Burning Man Project board member, theme camp leader, and Black Rock Ranger. Her ...Read More

Shenanigans

Corrections from Burning Man 2012

September 12, 2012 By Caveat Magister

In an attempt to keep our community informed, I am correcting some of the more egregious errors I propagated at ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Lessons Learned 2012

September 11, 2012 By John "Halcyon" Styn

For the "Question of the Week" for my podcast, I asked people to share lessons they learned while at Burning ...Read More

Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive

PSA: A Burning Man Tip – Where do I find the Internet?

August 21, 2012 By Caveat Magister

One week to go! I'm so excited I can't feel my legs! Do you think I'll need those? One of ...Read More

Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive

(An unlikely) Public Service Announcement – Meet the Theme Camps!

August 20, 2012 By Caveat Magister

There's no problem in this world that a good PSA can't fix - with the exceptions of genocide and erectile ...Read More

Shenanigans, Survive and Thrive

(Almost Certainly Not Really A) Public Service Announcement – Cope with Traffic!

August 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister

Back when I got extremely drunk with a high ranking member of BMIR's leadership team, I was specifically asked to ...Read More