“So many people pitched in to help, and they worked incredibly hard. I really do love that feeling, which I often had at the big housing co-op I lived at for years. Burning Man has spread that idea very well among my generation. For me it comes from being a commune-loving freak at heart. I enjoy reading socialist poetry about the beauty of wheelbarrows, and I like to do hard satisfying work while other people are also working.”
–BarCampBlock organizer Liz Henry, writing about the experience of organizing BarCamp Block, an unconference that mushroomed to over 900 attendees.