Eric Rong

Bystander

Welcome

Notes from a bystander.

I write about life, time, and the systems people build around both. I’m also working on books — longer attempts at the same questions.

Latest Posts

The Prison Without Bars: A Different Kind of Escape

Some prisons have no walls. No bars. No guards. No door you can rattle or lock you can pick. Just words — repeated often enough, by someone close enough, until those words become …

May 17, 2026 · 4 min

Does chatbot help your customers?

I don’t like chatbots – seldom, if not never, did they help me and they provided awful customer experiences. Most chatbots today don’t possess intelligence at all. They are more …

December 6, 2019 · 3 min

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