Comment by MBCook
4 hours ago
The rumor I saw when all this started implied it was.
I think it said that Mullenweg always came back from burning man with lots of ideas.
The implication to me was the ideas were terrible and the board was afraid of having to deal with it yet again. But that’s a total guess.
I have worked at Automattic for ~7 years. I don't see the history of bad ideas coming from Burning man.
Matt is always looking for inspiration, as we all should be. Whether it comes from Burning man or elsewhere seems irrelevant.
Spending time at Burning Man can completely detach you from reality
I feel like the only way this makes sense is if "ideas" is a euphamism for drugs.