Comments on: Burning Man’s ‘Gift Economy’

By: anne valby

anne valby — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:37:13 +0000

well said larry, people have to go and experience the energetic good vibe of the gift, whether it be an art car ride to medics, or hula hoops for all to enjoy. stop dissecting,. and ENJOY THE VIBE

By: Vanessa Zajko

Vanessa Zajko — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:08:58 +0000

thank you for posting! good listen.

By: Mike Bilbo (aka Mirrorman)

Mike Bilbo (aka Mirrorman) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:44:10 +0000

When the City comes together, the great gift is the amazing work everyone does – their creativity – working all year long in preparation – in putting together the infrastructure and just amazing art, from the sublime to the most powerful statements. And then taking it all down, departing and leaving the Playa to its own designs. And we who participate in this get a great satisfaction – spiritual, emotional, relaxing. A lot of us indeed try to take the gifting beyond the City and influence others – in being nice, thoughtful or instructive. My camp, Earth Guardians, does this via the backcountry ethic of Leave No Trace, using our website for reaching out, and in partnership with the Leave No Trace non-profit organization. This is one of the gifting aspects Larry alluded to, non-profits as gift givers. It is really intriguing how gifting in Burning Man and beyond has evolved. What shall the future bring…?

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:42:14 +0000

Another headline on this page reads “comments to Burning mans gift economy”, and everyone is talking about that company and the products that they have proliferated into the mainstream.

The Playa gifted to me a different perspective on life, and I will always be grateful for that, as well as a better person!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:41:45 +0000

While iPods (including the iPhone) can handle podcasts, there are many other devices which can also handle them. Podcasts are not and never have been an Apple proprietary technology. It is instead an open standard which Apple happens to do an excellent job supporting. It is plenty easy to listen to a podcast on a computer. That said, a single-episode podcast is a pretty silly idea. I think what Shital is trying to propose is that having it be web only doesn’t make sense when there are other competing technologies. If you care about being inclusive, then supporting a couple would make sense.

By: Carol Tresner

Carol Tresner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:59:09 +0000

It has been 5 years since I’ve attended Burning Man and hearing Harvey speak, I know I must go back. I’m reminded of the historical legacy of desert prophets- certainly the playa is a place of conceptual fertility and awakening.

By: kerri jo

kerri jo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:01:28 +0000

Excuse me, Shital Shah, not everyone can afford an iPod and iPhone.

Thanks for the webcast.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:48:13 +0000

The point is that not everyone has an ipod or iphone, or uses itunes. I listen to most of my music on the computer because I spend many hours of the day on it.

By: =Eric

=Eric — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:04:43 +0000

Why Web when iPods, iPhones, and iTunes carry it? Well, silly person Shital Shah, it’s because some of us don’t or won’t have iProducts, and the Web, like radio and TV, is a -broadcast- medium, not an exclusive iMedium for those who love only Apple. Seriously.

By: Jim Schoenleber

Jim Schoenleber — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:15:22 +0000

Larry’s web exclusive reaches a larger audience than strictly catering to the ipod/iphone community. Technology if utilized should be used in an inclusive manner as was done.