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Episode 2: Institutionalized

Tiffany meets Dr. Way and recalls her experience in the hospital–thinking about what her illness means to her and how those other patients she met along the way influences her now. https://helenhsi.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1328&action=edit

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Robots and Judgement: The Trolley Problem

Isaac Asimov, in 1942, introduced the three laws of robotics as a way to prescribe some rules for robotic moral judgement. The three laws are: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2) A robot must obey the orders given it by […]

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Dumb, Idiotic, and Insane–Disability Categories from the 1800s

The Census publishes a module on disability reaching back to 1850. During the 1800’s, the categories of disability included deaf and dumb, idiotic, and insane–labels that have since given way to contemporary categories such as cognitive difficulty and independent living difficulty. According to the Census description, insanity means: The term Insanity applies to individuals who […]

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“Should Beauty Pageants Accept Applicants who have Gone Through Plastic Surgery?”–And Other Interview Questions from Singapore Airlines

Glassdoor.com is a website for prospective employees to look for jobs as well as a portal for finding reviews of companies. It also includes a section for interviewees to comment on the interview process and report on the interview questions they were asked during the interview. I focused on collecting all the interview questions for […]

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