…the egregore is not in total control… as the action of the social or corporate body is determined through the action of its parts, the individuals. These are intelligences that are emergent properties of the complex system that compose their bodies, and the individual people within these social or corporate bodies are not in control because they are constrained by the system in which they are embedded. As we augment our biology with cyborg technologies, we will further adapt our behaviors to the larger networks in which we are embedded, while gaining more control over our own internal networks with comprise our physical presence.

via The Art of Memetics – Ownership and Self in Networked Spaces.