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"Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to re-gather the tribe of mankind…. We must use technology to create space stations here on planet Earth, islands of intense and living contact."
— Larry Harvey
founder of Burning Man, January 1997"It reinforced the idea that what we believe in or what we make of things is all that is real....I was just blown away by the fact that....it had this mystical quality that demolished the barriers between people. And I thought about it..."What magical quality makes that happen?" ....it was an intuition he'd pursue in building Second Life into a full-fledged online world."
— Philip Rosedale
founder of Second Life, recalling his first Burn in 1999, quoted by Wagner James Au in "The Making of Second Life""This is the sixth year that Burning Life will be celebrated in Second Life, and this year, since many real-world burners are long-time participants in the Burning Life community, Danger Ranger has organized the first Burning Man Regional group in a virtual world."
—As announced by Burning Man, Sept. 19, 2008Press Contact: