Philosophical Center | Burning Man Journal

Waking Dreams: Jason Silva’s Philosophical Phantasmagoria

June 16, 2022 By Stuart Mangrum

You may already be familiar with Jason Silva from his appearance on the Burning Man LIVE podcast. Or from his tenure as host of National Geographic’s Brain Games. This amazing ...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

The Theme

Can Humans Think Like Humans? (Radical Self-Reliance in the age of AI)

July 24, 2018 By Caveat Magister

In principle, the debate we’re having is how to make Artificial Intelligence more human, more ethical, and how to treat ...Read More

Shenanigans, The Theme

Plot to Exterminate Humanity Foiled When Newly Sentient AIs Can’t Sync Their Calendars

July 11, 2018 By Caveat Magister

(WASHINGTON DC) (JULY 11) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Military authorities revealed today that the AI systems which connect armed forces, ...Read More

The Ten Principles

Immediacy, Smart Phones, and the Death of Magic

June 27, 2018 By John "Halcyon" Styn

There is a company that is now renting an internet hub device to ensure that you have broadband cell and ...Read More

Shenanigans, The Theme

New Study Shows Siri Now More Likable than 61% of Human Population

June 25, 2018 By Caveat Magister

PALO ALTO, CA, JUNE 25 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A nationwide study out of the Stanford Monetizable Innovation Lab shows ...Read More

The Theme

How Harmless Little Lies About Consciousness Add Up to Big, Scary, Dystopias About Advertising

June 19, 2018 By Caveat Magister

Technology changes fast, so let’s take a moment to stop and review. Better Off a Bot Shortly before ...Read More

Spirituality

At Home in Larry’s World: An Evolving Eulogy

June 18, 2018 By Ian Rowen

“… from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” — ...Read More

The Theme

Care to Be Human?

June 13, 2018 By John Marx

Cogito Ergo Sum In 1637, before we, as a human race, knew what a robot was (although there was the ...Read More

Spirituality, Tales from the Playa

Burning Love Podcast Episode 2: Twin Flames, When Love Lives Only on Playa

May 25, 2018 By Alessandra Wollner

So, what if you had a soulmate, but your love only lived for one week a year in a mostly ...Read More