Live From the Infinite Playa

Life is a Festival #80: Jamie Wheal (Flow Genome Project)

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As part of the Burning Man Multiverse, my camp, Burners Without Borders offered a speaker series projected into the Infinite Playa. I had the pleasure of interviewing a former guest and friend of the show, Jamie Wheal about his vision for Black Rock City’s future.

On the show, we talk about the future of Burning Man in the digital realm and how our culture should evolve if Black Rock City returns. We discuss how to dial in hedonism and service and also the thorny issue of divisiveness in our country. We end with one of my favorite topics, the importance of shenanigans at Burning Man.

Jamie is the bestselling author of Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work and the founder of the Flow Genome Project. He is my favorite critic of spiritual materialism and the Psychedelic Renaissance. The episode we recorded last autumn is one of the most popular on the show.

Huge thanks to my campmates at Burners Without Borders for putting up this virtual speaker series in the 11th hour!

Also, if you’re on the Clubhouse app, join Jamie and I on Saturday at noon for a Life is a Festival salon and the chance to ask questions about this episode.