Does Your Art Party Need a Philosophy?
Whenever a discussion of Burning Man’s philosophy gets big enough, someone who isn’t enjoying themselves always tries to ruin it for everyone by playing the “do we even need a ...Read More
Radical Inclusion: Coachella & Special Needs
I attended the 1st Coachella Music Festival in 1999. (One year after my 1st Burn.) But I wonder, "would I ...Read More
Paradox Is at the Heart of Human Nature
In his previous work, leading Existential Psychologist Kirk Schneider has put the experience of "awe" at the center of human ...Read More
Burning Man 2018 to Institute CAPTCHA Protocol at Gate
San Francisco, April 4 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fearing that too many ticket holders are in fact spambots, Burning Man ...Read More
The Inscrutable Oneness of Being: Using Machine Learning on Burning Man
Have you ever “found yourself” at Burning Man? It’s a cliché, but it’s something people say, right? I wouldn’t personally ...Read More
How Cyborgs Replace “Stories” With “Code,” And What Happens Next
On January 6, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System sent a letter to Apple executives urging greater study into the ...Read More
Artificial Intelligence Is Just a Story, and We Can Tell a Better One
Amazon has recently confirmed reports that its home operating system "Alexa," has been spontaneously laughing for no apparent reason, occasionally ...Read More
From Robots to Intelligent, Autonomous Agents
If your autonomous agent has a right to free speech and you own the agent, is that right independent of ...Read More
An Empowering Robot is an Ethical Robot
The problem with the way we try to give AI ethics is that we design these ethics to work for ...Read More
Successful AI Will Usher in a New Era of Theology
For the hundreds of years that comprised the “Middle Ages,” theology was the most cherished and important intellectual discipline, the ...Read More