Thinking of Burning Man as a festival, you’re predisposing yourself to the conclusion that the ketamine snoots and house music juice aren’t worth the fossil fuel squeeze. But Burning Man isn’t a party, it’s a sociological container that teaches an experiential lesson. And it does so in a really unique way that has been proven time and again.
In my opinion, complaining about the carbon emissions from Burning Man is like complaining about the carbon emissions from a solar, wind, and geothermal renewable energy research institute while we have no alternative sources of fuel. We can’t shut down the institutions that sharpen the saw that’s going to get us out of this just because all large scale human activity has an ecological footprint.
Burning Man provides way more value to modern society by getting intelligent people to think about how they relate to and participate in it than it destroys via carbon emissions. And the positive effect generated by helping participants understand the parameters of sociological structures in which they operate also extends far beyond the ecological.
Thanks for your perspective ! I would tend to agree with you, but I also see the perspective of those who disagree. I think the rub is that , it's all of those things to lots of different people simultaneously (and honestly, often to the same people, sequentially) . One of my commenters suggested that people do a self-review honestly and figure out what Burning Man is doing in their life--is it helping them grow and learn , or is it an escape--and from there, decide if it's "worth it".
Thinking of Burning Man as a festival, you’re predisposing yourself to the conclusion that the ketamine snoots and house music juice aren’t worth the fossil fuel squeeze. But Burning Man isn’t a party, it’s a sociological container that teaches an experiential lesson. And it does so in a really unique way that has been proven time and again.
In my opinion, complaining about the carbon emissions from Burning Man is like complaining about the carbon emissions from a solar, wind, and geothermal renewable energy research institute while we have no alternative sources of fuel. We can’t shut down the institutions that sharpen the saw that’s going to get us out of this just because all large scale human activity has an ecological footprint.
Burning Man provides way more value to modern society by getting intelligent people to think about how they relate to and participate in it than it destroys via carbon emissions. And the positive effect generated by helping participants understand the parameters of sociological structures in which they operate also extends far beyond the ecological.
Thanks for your perspective ! I would tend to agree with you, but I also see the perspective of those who disagree. I think the rub is that , it's all of those things to lots of different people simultaneously (and honestly, often to the same people, sequentially) . One of my commenters suggested that people do a self-review honestly and figure out what Burning Man is doing in their life--is it helping them grow and learn , or is it an escape--and from there, decide if it's "worth it".