On Three Months of Not in Education, Employment or Training
Three months after leaving eBay, a reflection on domestic fulfilment, career anxiety, and the freedom to pursue a project of my own.
Zen Liu
Reflections and projects with Artificial Help
Essays
AI and Tax-Gate: An Email to The Rest Is Politics
An email to The Rest Is Politics on AI, wealth taxes, political seriousness, and the need to face hard tradeoffs without easy postures.
On Naive Power
A reflection on naive power, where narrow conviction and enormous reach make collateral harm someone else’s problem.
On Alignment
A reflection on alignment across the body, product work, and AI agents.
It Was a Beginning
A farewell to eBay, reflecting on trade, generosity, and a hiking weekend that changed how I move through the world.