A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man
Two semi-random thoughts that struck me when reading this:<p>First, this Douglas Adams quote:<p><i>I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:<p>- Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.<p>- Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.<p>- Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.</i><p>The second was this very insightful article on the dynamics of the evolution of sub-cultures: <a href="https://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths" rel="nofollow">https://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths</a><p>For the record, I've never been to Burning Man, nor seriously tempted to change that.