5 Things Cities Can Learn From Burning Man | TIME

Burning Man's executive director Larry Harvey says the city the project creates in the desert every year has done some radical things other cities should try

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5 Things Cities Can Learn From Burning Man | TIME

[catchaser]

RIP Larry / We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. / T. S. Elliot

[INatalkaI]

@CrawdaddyJoe
That's why many cities have public transportation. I'm a suburbanite myself and work in the city. I take the bus and the subway and it is faster than driving my car to work. Most office workers in the city spend hours a day in car jams then take up valuable city space to park their cars for 10 hours a day.

[hobbitninja]

1:28 that one dude is dressed up as Green Lantern, and KYLE RAYNER green lantern to boot!
That guy is awesome.

[DevinP]

Wow, I cannot believe the comments I have read about this video. Burning man is an incredible experience that half of you could not hope to withstand. The amount of hate generated at the tips of your fingers is staggering.

[philip]

Larry Harvey is _very_ astute. It's a shame he doesn't get more time in front of the press.

[omunozo]

i like being on the freeway after burning man, and seeing everyones cars all dirty and the statues and things in their trailers

[Fredrock]

To whoever said this was just convention and not an actual city. Wrong... first off, anywhere people congregate and live for any amount of time, can potentially become a city. And you think just because they're importing things in that it demotes that status? Over 90% of the food at your store is shipped in from elsewhere. So yeah, maybe it takes away from the "self reliance" a bit, but it still functions as any other city would. Just in a temporary fashion.

[divinesleeper]

@backonbothsides that was i was expecting to see reading that title, I was like WTF lol.

[frankTank]

whats funny is i live an hour away from burning man and i havent paid any attention to it really the only reason i know its going on is the waves of old buses and kinda weirdly dressed people but i hear theres alot of good art

[ChuckBroadsword]

When I saw the title, I was thinking of The Burned Man from Fallout New Vegas.

[INatalkaI]

But there is such a stigma attached to taking pub. transport. It's like you have to be super poor or have leprosy to get on. It's an imagined barrier that keeps many people from saving money, time, natural resources and space.

[Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

i'd like something like this to exist in central park and the rest of manhattan the way it is. you should have fun sometimes but things still need to be done.

[mrjbswildride]

I have to say that I would like to witness the madness one of these years

[Fredrock]

@zigertube So is your redundant and non-constructive response, and you can say whatever you like. I've done this time and time again, and not just at Burning Man. We did the same thing in countless drop-zones in the service, and often for 6-8 months at a time. Not a thing I said was un-true. I'm certainly not advocating that we all try to comform to a system like this, because it isn't built for the long term, but all the basics are there for a small society.

[alexdmarcon]

Burning Man is a big carnival for adults to go to once a year, nothing more nothing less.

[HeadbangMushroom]

I saw this place on one of the "Malcolm in the middle" episodes.

[KebleTar]

What's the symbolic meaning of burning a giant wooden man?

[squidvis]

It looks like a city I would find in Fallout.

[Danosaur]

I would say that silverplaza 100, is precisely the type of person who should not go to Burning Man - Burning Man is about participation and contribution to the Burning Man community - it is about hard work and creativity - it is about joining with other people in celebration, not about getting laid! With your values, you would probably better off staying away from Burning Man until you mature a little bit.

[thejesman]

Lol, look at these comments. People are so freaking cynical. But seriously, this looks like a lot of fun. I'd love to go sometime. Man, if the world looked like that all the time, that'd be my kinda life.