Burning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley’s elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary.
Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, where the event takes place each year, closed its gate due to flooding caused by the rains of Tropical Storm Hilary, The San Francisco Standard reported.
I wouldn’t call burners overlap with techbros a circle enough to celebrate this. I don’t particularly feel any kinship with burners, but I find them mostly harmless and largely climate conscious.
You practically need tech bro money to afford a ticket though don’t you? The article says tickets are up to $2750, and while I know they go for less if you get lucky in the lottery or something like that they’re still like 800-1000$ just to get in. Who can afford that just as the entry fee, let alone what ever you need to survive the desert for a week?
Burners I know pretty much live to go to burns. Every week they get together to build stuff for the burn. 3k isn’t much really if that’s what your yearly vacation is and you’re a paper pusher.