Missed the story about the kid getting killed. very sad. When I was in the 'deuce there was an e7 SF guy who lost a hand firing a 60mm- dropped the round and didn't slide his hand down the outside of the tube..
Even sharp, well-trained guys can f-up.
if you're intrigued by this stuff, check out: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/fftransparent.html
David brin wrote a book titled "The transparent Society." Interesting, and disturbing.
Cool- thanks for suggesting the book. I put it on my wish list at Amazon and they show me about ten more books all dealing with similar themes. I hate 'em for that- I want to read them all and there's simply no time for it. That would be a good argument for being augmented- being able to read a dozen books in about 20 seconds or less would be pretty useful.