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1990s Subculture & Tech
- The 1990s saw a fertile mix of subcultures and emerging technologies.
- This era fueled the exploration of the "weird" as a cultural phenomenon.
Weirdness: More and Less
- Reality has become weirder in terms of unpredictable events and phenomena.
- Simultaneously, consumer culture has absorbed and normalized many aspects of the weird.
Burning Man's Evolution
- Erik Davis describes Burning Man's evolution from a feral gathering to a more mediated event.
- This illustrates the incorporation of the weird into mainstream culture.