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FILE - An old wooden yacht art car rolls through the playa at Burning Man on the Black Rock Desert, Friday Aug. 31, 2012, near Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival. Despite the successful inspection, debate continues over whether the 30-year-old gathering has grown too big.Some question whether it has veered too far from its core principles of radical inclusion and participation. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)Debate over the event's future, however, is sure to continue as divisions grow between the aging hippie-types and wealthier, more technologically inclined newcomers. Veteran participants fear the newer set is losing touch with Burning Man's roots.
Originally published at The Associated Press