Science, Spoken

From The Big Story: Greetings From Burning Man!

Science, Spoken

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Dispatches from the New American Holiday: Writer Bruce Sterling takes the kids to the Temporary Autonomous Zone, where survival is a personal choice.

Written by Bruce Sterling. Originally published in WIRED on November 1st, 1996.

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