The Secret Ingredient Behind Burning Man and Boutique Hotels

Chip Conley, a pioneering boutique hotelier and Airbnb's original modern elder, shares how he designs experiences that spark collective effervescence. Drawing on his work with Burning Man, the Esalen Institute, the Joie de Vivre Hotels he founded, and the Modern Elder Academy he built as the world's first midlife wisdom school, he explains how thoughtful design helps people lose their sense of ego separation and feel a shared sense of communal joy together.