The Man at 40
Forty years ago on the solstice, the first Burning Man event took place in San Francisco. Only a handful of people alive today remember that evening on Baker Beach, and ...Read More
Cargo Cult is a daring – and dangerous – theme. Get it right.
I belong to a large but informal group of Burners whose unofficial motto is: “Fuck the theme.” We came to ...Read More
How many theme camps can dance on the head of a Burning Man ticket?
Have you come up with a theory about how Burning Man should handle ticket sales yet? ...Read More
Does Burning Man have a favorite economist?
A recent discussion I was having about the future of Burning Man raised the question: “is it really part of ...Read More
Predicting Burning Man’s future … in headlines
The title of Adam Rothstein’s essay about the Burning Man experience is “Burning Man is Grey.” You and I might ...Read More
Opera de la Playa
[Jennifer Raiser is an avid long-time Burner, Burning Man Project board member, theme camp leader, and Black Rock Ranger. Her ...Read More
Corrections from Burning Man 2012
In an attempt to keep our community informed, I am correcting some of the more egregious errors I propagated at ...Read More
Lessons Learned 2012
For the "Question of the Week" for my podcast, I asked people to share lessons they learned while at Burning ...Read More
PSA: A Burning Man Tip – Where do I find the Internet?
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
(An unlikely) Public Service Announcement – Meet the Theme Camps!
There's no problem in this world that a good PSA can't fix - with the exceptions of genocide and erectile ...Read More