[bradleysmith]

how do you figure? I would ask the author the same question.

To me, building a robot to get yourself a Burning Man ticket is the definition of radical self-reliance.

I get the non-commoditification, gifting economy as a goal, but the demand for tickets outstripped the supply long ago. If you want to go, you have cleverness alone to get to the front of the pack. I'd feel building a robot to get the jump would be worlds better than allowing a scalper to profit from the purchase.