Burning Man 2019: Metamorphoses
Burning Man is routinely described as transformative. At the personal level, a transformative experience. At the group level, a transformative event or culture. What does that really mean? ...Read More
Burning Love Podcast Episode 2: Twin Flames, When Love Lives Only on Playa
So, what if you had a soulmate, but your love only lived for one week a year in a mostly ...Read More
Can You Learn About Culture in a Gift Shop?
By CameraGirl
I took this photo of the brand spanking new 2018-2019 Burning Man Calendar at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian ...Read More
Human Nature Is a Symphony, Technology Is Changing the Instruments
Vanderbilt Professor of History Michael Bess is the author of Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Life in the Bioengineered Society of the ...Read More
BRC to Be Site of Groundbreaking Study to Determine if DJs Are Sentient
WASHINGTON DC, May 15 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For decades scientists have debated whether DJs display signs of intelligence. This ...Read More
How Hard Is It to Be a Participant at the Smithsonian’s “No Spectators” Exhibit?
The Mission Right now the Smithsonian is holding a major exhibit of “Burning Man art” called No Spectators. Everyone is ...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