Cultural Course Correcting: Black Rock City 2019
Hi! Marian Goodell, here. We’re gearing up for Black Rock City 2019, and are about to begin this year’s ticket sales. More important than ticket sales is the work we ...Read More
The Man With the Hat: A Celebration of Larry Harvey’s Life & Legacy
By Will Chase
On July 14, 2018, we hosted "The Man with the Hat: A Celebration of Larry Harvey’s Life and Legacy," at San ...Read More
“Artificial Intelligence” Was Never About Intelligence – Conclusion to the I, Robot Series
Several times in this series, leading minds in their fields called for AI development to stop so that humanity can ...Read More
Before Decommodification, There Was Once a Merch Table in Center Camp
This is the first post in a series about Decommodification, one of Burning Man’s 10 Principles and a crucial issue ...Read More
Decommodification Reminder
I've seen some online conversations dismissing the importance of the Decommodification Principle. “Who cares if people do photo shoots of ...Read More
I, Robot — We, God
By Misa Rygrova
“People create Gods when they wonder why things happen. Do you know why things happen? Because Gods make them happen. ...Read More
Is Burning Man an Open-Source Cloud Based Culture?
It's often said that Burning Man and the internet grew up together: both started emerging at around the same time ...Read More
Can Humans Think Like Humans? (Radical Self-Reliance in the age of AI)
In principle, the debate we’re having is how to make Artificial Intelligence more human, more ethical, and how to treat ...Read More
Plot to Exterminate Humanity Foiled When Newly Sentient AIs Can’t Sync Their Calendars
(WASHINGTON DC) (JULY 11) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Military authorities revealed today that the AI systems which connect armed forces, ...Read More
Immediacy, Smart Phones, and the Death of Magic
There is a company that is now renting an internet hub device to ensure that you have broadband cell and ...Read More