{"id":24854,"date":"2026-09-13T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/burning-man-at-40-the-once-anarchic-desert-festival-faces-a-midlife-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:37:14","slug":"burning-man-at-40-the-once-anarchic-desert-festival-faces-a-midlife-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/burning-man-at-40-the-once-anarchic-desert-festival-faces-a-midlife-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subversive bacchanal for San Francisco\u2019s eccentric underground is ageing out amid an influx of the super-rich<\/p>\n

Burning Man<\/a>, the infamous arts festival in the Nevada desert, turned 40 this year, and it\u2019s showing some distinct signs of middle age.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the tech billionaires who show up to party, the chartered flights<\/a> straight to the desert or the HBO documentary<\/a> about behind-the-scenes power struggles<\/a>. The tens of thousands of people who assemble each year to create a tent city in the wilderness appear to be growing older, and it doesn\u2019t seem that they\u2019re being replaced by as many younger \u201cburners\u201d, as festival participants are called.<\/p>\n

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\nThe subversive bacchanal for San Francisco\u2019s eccentric underground is ageing out amid an influx of the super-rich
\nBurning Man, the infamous arts festival in the Nevada desert, turned 40 this year, and it\u2019s showing some distinct signs of middle age.
\nIt\u2019s not just the tech billionaires who show up to party, the chartered flights straight to the desert or the HBO documentary about behind-the-scenes power struggles. The tens of thousands of people who assemble each year to create a tent city in the wilderness appear to be growing older, and it doesn\u2019t seem that they\u2019re being replaced by as many younger \u201cburners\u201d, as festival participants are called. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subversive bacchanal for San Francisco\u2019s eccentric underground is ageing out amid an influx of the super-rich Burning Man, the infamous arts festival in the Nevada desert, turned 40 this year, and it\u2019s showing some distinct signs of middle age. It\u2019s not just the tech billionaires who show up to party, the chartered flights straight …<\/p>\n

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