Even Conan O'Brien joined in on the fun.
, the festival is back in full force — and so are the dunks against its attendees.
In recent years, a new level of ire has been unlocked — not against the hippies and trust-fund kids who have made Burning Man into the libertarian-leaning cultural phenomenon that it is. Instead, it’s the VCs andbros who fell in love with the fest in recent years that bear the brunt of criticism. After all, entry fees that climb as high as $2,500 are probably nothing to a startup founder who raised millions in seed-stage funding — or the VC throwing money at said startup founder.
Even as the tech industry deals with economic woes apace, it appears that it’s not stopping the 1% of Silicon Valley from going. residents and tech industry watchers alike have noted how empty city streets are or how quiet Twitter is this week.
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