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Re:Burning Man Gets an API by fnid on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @08:41PM (#786248)
This is cool for the technology, but part of the appeal of burning man was its isolation. You were there and nowhere else. You were concentrating on your surroundings and immersing yourself in the art and the culture and the environment.

Of course another part of the appeal was that no one was watching. With these technologies, that's no longer the case. The isolation is gone. The appeal is waning.

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Re:Burning Man Gets an API by nym on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @08:56PM (#786266)
I think it probably doesn't make sense to go to an art festival with 50k people that is covered by most major news outlets if you're looking for isolation, but I do understand your viewpoint. There is something special about being immersed with the community and artwork, but in my opinion, earth.burningman.com makes that better, not worse.

The BM-API is designed to add to the art, not take away from it. It's all about remixing and reusing to create something new and unique. How about that for radical self expression?

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