Caveat Magister — Stop Thinking and Burn Already: Action & Creative Tension as the Foundations of Burning Man Culture

• Main Author: Caveat Magister
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2018
• Subjects: Uncategorized; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7471028.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/Caveat_Magister_Stop_Thinking_and_Burn_Already_Action_Creative_Tension_as_the_Foundations_of_Burning_Man_Culture/7471028/1

Adapted from the forthcoming book The Scene That Became Cities: What Burning Man Philosophy Can Teach Us about Building Better Communities (Caveat Magister, Spring 2019, North Atlantic Books), and presented at the “Burning Progeny” symposium at the University of Fribourg, Nov. 30, 2018. Abstract:Why is it that Burning Man and its participants seem to be able to find compelling responses to problems, individually and collectively, that the world struggles with? This presentation suggests that it’s because of a combination of factors basic to Burning Man that, when combined, create a fundamentally different approach to both culture and problem solving. This enables us to achieve what would otherwise be improbable results, only beginning with 75,000 people volunteering to co-create a temporary city in the desert.