Burning Man is bureaucratic because it is big. If it were smaller it could be more casual about all sorts of things. No one cares if one person poops in the wilderness. But 50,000 people doing it is rather a different matter.<p>That said, I'm a bit surprised that people who make a big deal about independence and thinking different put up with the bureaucracy, whether necessary or not. You'd think they would prefer smaller gatherings that don't need all that formal process.