What if Kafka Was a Cyberpunk? (The Connection Between AI and Bureaucracy)
At the time Kafka wrote his infamous novels about human beings struggling to make sense of a world full of ...Read More
Posts about The Theme
Posts exploring the art theme for the event in Black Rock City.
What Is It We Think Humans Can Do That Robots Can’t?
If this essay were a classic sci-fi script, then by the end the computer I’m writing it on would experience ...Read More
Why We Get the Robot Overlords We Deserve
Many months ago, while still developing this year’s theme, Larry Harvey began receiving a series of robocalls in which an ...Read More
I, ROBOT
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. ...Read More
The Things I Left In The Temple.
I loved the theme from the start. It turned up the volume on all that is deep and sacred about ...Read More
Radical Ritual: “I Do”
This is my 20th year at Burning Man. My Burniversary. My Burn Mitzvah. My Black Rock City education is now ...Read More
Perform at Your Own Risk: What We’ve Learned About Radical Ritual
Ritual, like voting, has gotten a bad reputation in Western culture. When we first presented “Radical Ritual” as a theme, ...Read More
How “Awe,” “Ritual,” and “Risk” Are Psychological Necessities
We don't usually think of "Awe" as one of the essential human emotions, but licensed psychologist and American Psychological Association ...Read More
Dress to Impress, Bless, and Process: Clothing as Ritual in Black Rock City
It’s Tutu Tuesday, and you know what that looks like: An inordinate number of participants gleefully donning elasticized circlets of ...Read More