Phantom Captain

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Phantom Captain is a chapter in R. Buckminster Fuller's first book, Nine Chains to the Moon (Fuller’s metaphor that if all of humankind stood on each others’ shoulders we could complete nine chains to the moon). He used the term to describe a sort of ghost in the machine concept of consciousness, and implied that all phantom captains are telepathically connected, especially when their actions are extended through the shared use of machines.

Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing, an exhibit at apexart, NYC, explores wide-spread volunteer cooperation in the production of art.