How Burning Man Works

How Burning Man Works

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You’ve probably heard about Burning Man, it’s a week-long party in the middle of a desert made of 50 thousand people living pretty much without rules, pretty much without any exchange of money and often nude and on drugs. Get the background on this social experiment that began in 1986 and has grown in size and scope ever since.