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K. Albasi

Healthy Hedonism — How Maximizing Long-Term Pleasure Necessitates Healthy Living

Health and pleasure are often thought of in opposition but in fact these two drives may be more harmonious than they first appear.

7 min readJul 7, 2023

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Healthy Hedonism — How Maximizing Long-Term Pleasure Necessitates Healthy Living

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An AI Imagines the First Lines of 14 Novels

Joining the Midjourney beta, I feed the image generating algorithm the first lines of fourteen novels to see what the AI would come up.

4 min readAug 9, 2022

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An AI Imagines the First Lines of 14 Novels

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K. Albasi
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The Startup

The Alluring Myth of Passive Income

“Financial gurus” are selling a get-rich-quick scheme for the digital economy.

11 min readMay 5, 2020

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The Alluring Myth of Passive Income

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Defensive Pessimism and the Bright Side of Negative Thinking

How the COVID-19 crisis has revealed fault lines in excessive positivity.

12 min readMar 26, 2020

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Storm clouds, rain, lightning, but then a idea bulb appears.

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K. Albasi

How “Invader Zim” Introduced Children to their Impending Doom

Invader Zim was ultimately a children’s show about death, destruction, and other terrible fates.

9 min readAug 16, 2019

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How “Invader Zim” Introduced Children to their Impending Doom

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The Startup

How to Get in the Habit of Using Habit Trackers

Starting a habit, or breaking an old one, is notoriously difficult. Tracking these goals can be a useful way of keeping yourself committed…

5 min readJul 31, 2019

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How to Get in the Habit of Using Habit Trackers

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K. Albasi
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The Startup

The Importance of Hobbies, or ‘Serious Leisure’

Whenever someone asks what I like to do with my free time, the most honest response is something like, “You know, the usual, mostly…

8 min readJun 27, 2019

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The Importance of Hobbies, or ‘Serious Leisure’

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Johns Hopkins Researcher on the Potential for Psilocybin Therapy

Johns Hopkins researcher Roland Griffiths has spent nearly twenty years investigating psilocybin and its potential for psychological…

8 min readMar 22, 2019

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Johns Hopkins Researcher on the Potential for Psilocybin Therapy

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K. Albasi

Reclaim Your Focus by Letting Your Mind Wander

Why being alone with your thoughts is necessary for optimal brain function

10 min readMar 19, 2019

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The Last Shot of True Detective, Season Three

It was in many ways a peaceful denouement — the first of the series where the conclusion of the case did not involve a life-or-death…

5 min readFeb 26, 2019

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The Last Shot of True Detective, Season Three

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K. Albasi

K. Albasi

// writer of random musings, blog posts, short stories, unpublished novels, spec scripts, forgotten notes, and unsent letters // k-albasi.com

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