If you’ve ever seen photos of the Burning Man event, you will have realized that this is an event unlike any other. It seems to encourage all kinds of self-expression and according to the event’s description, it’s been called “an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.”
That being said, it seems that two companies that pride themselves in experiments are rumored to be interested in creating a permanent Burning Man. This is according to a report from NYMag who claims that Google’s Sergey Brin and Tesla’s Elon Musk have recently taken a tour of a property in Northern Nevada which could play home to a permanent community that houses the ideals and principles of Burning Man.
The report goes on to quote the festival’s organizer, Will Roger, who claims that there have been some tech titans who share his vision of creating an experiment in a permanent community, although Roger did not name anyone in particular. In fact experiments seem to be the core of Google as the company’s co-founder Larry Page once tried to sell the idea of setting aside a part of the world for technology experiments.
Page went on to claim that Burning Man would be an ideal place. Of course whether or not this plan comes to fruition remains to be seen, but what do you guys think of it?
[Image credit – Dr. Yes]