We have always thought of individuals as being unpredictable," said Johan Bollen, an expert in complex networks at Indiana University. "These regularities [in behavior] allow systems to learn much more about us as individuals than we would care for.
via online.wsj.com
It's inevitable that our developing understanding of complex networks will have a profound impact on the way we think of causality and conscious will.
(I wouldn't be too worried about it; passively-driven, emergent behavior is *much* more fascinating than volition-driven individualistic behavior.)
