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mbestoyesterday at 8:23 PM0 repliesview on HN

Burning Man forces you to really think hard about social contracts.

For example - you won't get kicked out for leaving trash all of the ground but you will absolutely be shunned and shamed by everyone around you for doing so. That notion simply doesn't scale to a place like the US with 350M people with varying cultures, values, etc. because the social contracts are simply all over the place and inconsistent.