I've heard how Burning Man shapes the minds that shape the future.

That's for sure @lukestokes. I went there for the first and last time in the year 2000. As one of the international VJs invited to perform to fill with immersive real time 3D visuals what by then was the very first big dancing geodesic dome in the middle of the Playa. In what were then also the most primitive beginnings of experimental videomapping audiovisual technology.

So yeah, that was almost 19 years ago. And wadda blast mate. From all points of view. Left & Right. Up & Down. From Inside & Out and Back & Forth and beyond without question. :)

Discussing ancient plant medicines as "spiritual technology" and hearing from ridiculously smart, scientifically-minded people how "the magic is real" got me to drop so many judgements and closed-off thinking I've been holding on to.

I'm glad indeed that you now feel more open to many more possibilities, further open to being wrong about your assumptions, and you are now truly interested in exploring everything new beyond your usual scope to gain more wisdom and understanding after this recent vivid experience. :)

Burn, Rock & Steem On buddy. Cheers!! :)