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I'd known about Burning Man for a long time. Several years running, I'd taken part in side events: our camp built an art sauna out in the desert. But that particular year I wasn't planning to go anywhere: my wife and I, with our newborn son, were living a quiet life in a cozy house outside Buenos Aires, running a business, enjoying the calm. And then, out of nowhere, a message in a friends' chat: someone selling Burning Man tickets for the day after tomorrow […]
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