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Metamorphoses, Part 8 — Why Burning Man Facilitates Transformation

August 14, 2019 By Caveat Magister

This is the final installment of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through the lens of pioneering humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers. Why ...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

Digital Rights, The Ten Principles

Can You Learn About Culture in a Gift Shop?

May 22, 2018 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

The Theme

Human Nature Is a Symphony, Technology Is Changing the Instruments

May 22, 2018 By Caveat Magister

Vanderbilt Professor of History Michael Bess is the author of Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Life in the Bioengineered Society of the ...Read More

Shenanigans, The Theme

BRC to Be Site of Groundbreaking Study to Determine if DJs Are Sentient

May 15, 2018 By Caveat Magister

WASHINGTON DC, May 15 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For decades scientists have debated whether DJs display signs of intelligence. This ...Read More

Global Art, Shenanigans, The Ten Principles

How Hard Is It to Be a Participant at the Smithsonian’s “No Spectators” Exhibit?

May 8, 2018 By Caveat Magister

The Mission Right now the Smithsonian is holding a major exhibit of “Burning Man art” called No Spectators. Everyone is ...Read More

The Ten Principles

Radical Inclusion: Coachella & Special Needs

April 17, 2018 By John "Halcyon" Styn

I attended the 1st Coachella Music Festival in 1999. (One year after my 1st Burn.) But I wonder, "would I ...Read More