The “Man” burned this past weekend in the center of a temporary city of 50,000 people that was big enough to be seen from space by a European satellite.
As its detractors would have it, the Burning Man festival is a giant playground for bored middle-class adults. For some “Burners” the festival is a return to the past: to San Francisco’s Summer of Love for hippie wannabees or a primeval fire-sacrifice for neo-tribalists. Other Burners see Burning Man as the harbinger of a technology brightened future of wind-powered vehicles and personal robots. For many of the denizens of Burning Man’s Black Rock City, the festival is simply an occasion to don outrageous costumes, dance the night away, and encounter mind-blowing art and people.
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