Author Archives: Chi Chiu Lo

Posts by Chi Chiu Lo

Comments by Chi Chiu Lo

"I really enjoyed reading your problems and solution set. I am somewhat conflicted about your first problem. Although it doesn’t really relate to us in New York, but rather to people that are living in the country sides with a lack of quick access to fresh foods. In the long run, I am pretty sure many families do know that they spend a lot less cooking and eating at home and it might just that they are too lazy or they do not have the time to purchase these fresh goods after a long day of work to finance their families. I also wrote about the problem of the misuse of antibiotics leading to the evolution of different bacteria; I do enjoy your better description of such process. By ugly foods, do you just mean that they just look horrible or discolored? You never really explain what it was but just gave us the idea behind this approach."
--( posted on May 7, 2015, commenting on the post Public Heath Problems and Solutions )
 
"I really like your first problem with a bit of background reinforcing your point. I learned something new from your very first point in that a cigarette company lobbied almost 10 million dollars towards the congress a few years ago. It seems you stated only one problem rather than three; it’s great that there is a lot of information to support your problem. There is a lot of information towards your problem of choice. Wouldn’t having one insurance still allow hospitals or health service providers to milk them? Is there an example of this plan of a single state insurance working elsewhere in another part of the world? You solution is somewhat vague and based on your personal assumptions it seems."
--( posted on May 7, 2015, commenting on the post Revamping the Health Care System )
 
"You have an interesting idea that allows more opportunities in the future for women. I really like it in that it tackles the problem of gender inequality and our current mindsets of the gender roles. I have a similar solution in which it attempts to nullify this inequality as a mean to provide a paternity leave as well as the current maternity leave. I do enjoy the fact that you emphasize that boys were also to be present in these elementary school programs, since some other solutions I have read only thinks about boosting women’s place in society. It always makes me think what if women take over the CEO jobs or are benefited by the wage gap? Wouldn’t we have the same problem over again with men being the victims? I like how your solution is pretty simple in which it pretty much encourages women into “male” sports and allows this equality to nullify in attempt to generate gender equality and hope it will affect women in the workplace later on in life."
--( posted on Apr 27, 2015, commenting on the post Gender and Economic Growth Solution )
 
"It seems your solution to the wage gap is to promote STEM field related careers to women. Your first sub-solution is to provide more scholarships and funds to women; wouldn’t that be really unfair to men? I would want more funds/scholarships too regardless of my race or gender. I personally feel like the inducing interest is much like manipulating women while they are young. Do you think there should be more STEM related courses should be taught for the simple purpose of motivating women to join those fields? You proposed an initiative to change the image of women in STEM fields without a solution. I don’t see any related solution regarding to that, but I personally feel like the only way to solve that is to involve more women in the STEM fields."
--( posted on Apr 27, 2015, commenting on the post Gender Solutions )
 
"I completely agree with you that gender inequality is the big picture problem which contributes to the smaller problems that happen at the workplace. These small problems build up on a personal level in every individual to add up to be an economic problem. I also wrote about the gender wage gap since I do see it as an important aspect of economic growth where women are paid less than men for same amount of work. I do like the fact that you bring up that no matter what the occupation is women are generally paid less. It’s as if even if women rose higher in rank, they will still be paid less solely for a reason they cannot control. Although I did not discuss about maternity leave to be a problem, I only see it as a problem when it causes women to lose their job. Job security is so important to women during that stage of their lives since they have increased their burden with a new life."
--( posted on Apr 2, 2015, commenting on the post Gender Inequality Problems )
 
"I also wrote about gender wage gap in my sets of problems and I feel like that is the biggest problem thus far regarding gender and economic growth. The problem is literally in its name and why would women get paid less for the same amount of work? I totally agree with the point that equality is an important aspect in the workplace in the wage aspect. I believe there is not a specific solution to gender equality and dominance so there is no way of solving that directly. I don’t see how fewer women are not partaking stem field to be a problem since I feel career choice should be depended on self-interest and motivation. Many perceive the intervention while women are young to be the solution of this “problem.” By intervening into women’s lives while they are young, it doesn’t matter if they lack the abilities to pursue success in that field. I do see the problem with women having to leave work because of pregnancy. It is not women’s faults to be biological capable of carrying a child and having to leave due to that. I do agree that the connection between gender inequality; this causes women to have less success compared to men in the workplace which correlates economic growth."
--( posted on Apr 2, 2015, commenting on the post Gender and Economic Problems )
 
"Your first problem of office space relates to the idea of freelance work and I don’t particularly agree that it’s a problem aside from it “taking” jobs from regular employees. People should expect to not have benefits and job security; otherwise, they would be informed. As you said, these people can make more money in a short term and this is what people want, the relaxing schedule and free time. It’s only a problem when something bad happens and people will be looking for blames. I also wrote about technology’s advancement over the decades will affect the employment rate of people all over the world. Automatons will be able to perform work as quick, if not faster, than people and will be more meticulous. The only place where human can be in this assembly line career is at the end where they inspect the products and even so, people are so intelligent that they can code a machine to do the same the human is doing. I discussed your last problem in my post as well. The pressure of looking for a job immediately after graduating is overwhelming with the lack of certain skillsets and experiences. In my opinion, this problem can be alleviated if these experiences and opportunities were part of our college education."
--( posted on Mar 12, 2015, commenting on the post Problems with Work )
 
"The idea of freelance work employed many more people with a more relaxing schedule and I see that as a good thing. While these jobs often do not offer benefits and securities, the employees themselves should have an understanding of this and proceed with their own level of caution. I personally don’t agree freelancing work as a problem other than an alternative to the current available resources; for example, Uber and Lyft to the taxies. I see your first problem originating only from the safety aspect. I completely agree with you that technology is being a distraction to the workers of this decade. Though it is inevitable that almost everyone in this era to have a cellphone, there are still people that don’t use it at work. These employees can still be distracted by other means. I also believe in certain jobs there will be compensation for overtime work unless there was a set deadline. I also wrote about the uncertainty of acquiring a job with necessary skillsets. I really enjoyed your idea of this “paradox” between job and experiences."
--( posted on Mar 12, 2015, commenting on the post Future of Work Problems )
 
"I disagree in the point that you claim the three policies you mentioned are well-intended, but ironically harms to the community. It just happens to be “harms” in the subjective sense where civilians feel like they are harmed emotionally or physically by the police officers. I completely agree with your reasoning as to why those three policies are not exactly the best thing out there. What will these magnetometers detect and what about false detections? What if there are undetectable threats? This is another post with the idea body cameras and I really enjoy that idea being a solution to be able to get rid of discrimination at an everyday life level. I do believe laws that enable past criminals to acquire jobs easier, but maximum time in prison to 1 year is way too little. Prison provides many jobs as well as keeping criminals in check. But 1 year for a murder or severe crimes will be too little. You claimed one year to be maximum time to be prison, but you posed the idea of execution if repeating a crime? You went from soft to maximum punishment too quickly, I feel."
--( posted on Mar 1, 2015, commenting on the post Solutions 1 )
 
"I also discussed a possible solution against police brutality, but it has already been implemented to monitor police with body cameras. While I do agree with your point that having education is important, I still believe monitoring police officers to be more efficient, your last solution. What kind of education do you think will be beneficial for police officers to acquire on this job? You moved onto another idea of body armor, but I feel that doesn’t relate to lowering police brutality in my opinion. You moved onto a financial solution to generate more funds which I assume relates to the body armor. I don’t think having more protection will lessen the likelihood of police using excessive force on civilians. Your last solution is what I wrote my solutions on and I believe body cameras will create a movement toward a higher level of honesty in officers without bias."
--( posted on Mar 1, 2015, commenting on the post Policing Solutions )
 
"I can see how your point of targeting small crimes can be a problem because of how the consequences outweigh the crime significantly. It’s only a problem just for that reason because there has to be some form of punishment to all crimes, no matter the size, to cause awareness and prevent people from doing it again. I don’t understand the tie between how this concept is affecting communities where people with fewer privileges reside or the LGBT community. Your next problem, the STPP, I can only see it as a problem for people that are in bad neighborhoods where this is all relevant. Typically the highest punishments I have seen are suspension but for obvious reasons like physical fights rather than bringing cellphones or skipping class. Again, I only see the problem to be disproportionate consequence for insignificant crimes. Your last problem, the stop and frisk, is somewhat relevant to me since I encounter it every day when I am about to board the Staten Island Ferry. It’s not exactly frisking, but you’re being sniffed by a dog under suspicion. Of course, this involves discrimination the moment you step near them and it’s an unfair situation. Though this can possibly save people from some incidents, but what if the officers check the wrong people?"
--( posted on Feb 19, 2015, commenting on the post Problem 1 )
 
"I completely agree with your first problem of police officers exercising excessive force on minor crimes. I also used the example of Eric Garner in my list of problems since I also think is a great case with video evidence that is all over the web for us to see. Garner’s case stood out to be specifically because it happened right here on Staten Island, where I live. Though it didn’t affect me as much as others, I also agree on the point that you made about the people losing trust in the police force and feeling insecure in their own neighborhoods. I like how you tie together the police brutality into distrust in the task force which ultimately creates the rifts between the mayor and the people of New York. Although I feel like there has been also a rift between the past and current mayors and the people of New York, the mayors are still trying to work with the police force to create a safe environment for us. The opposition from the people isn’t going to change that, but it would not speed up the process. I also agree with your problem of prisons being a paradox which it’s used to keep people out of trouble and reset people’s lives, but it also holds them back in the future with horrible written records."
--( posted on Feb 19, 2015, commenting on the post Policing Problems )