Burning Man Culture in a Time of Plague
I haven’t seen them in over two weeks, but I now have a close friend who has been tested for COVID-19. The other day a good friend, a different friend, ...Read More
How Harmless Little Lies About Consciousness Add Up to Big, Scary, Dystopias About Advertising
Technology changes fast, so let’s take a moment to stop and review. Better Off a Bot Shortly before ...Read More
At Home in Larry’s World: An Evolving Eulogy
By Ian Rowen
“… from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” — ...Read More
Care to Be Human?
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
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