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K. Albasi

K. Albasi

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Jul 7, 2023

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.

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

K. Albasi

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Aug 9, 2022

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.

An AI Imagines the First Lines of 14 Novels

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The Startup

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K. Albasi

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May 5, 2020

The Alluring Myth of Passive Income

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

The Alluring Myth of Passive Income

K. Albasi

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Mar 26, 2020

Defensive Pessimism and the Bright Side of Negative Thinking

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

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

K. Albasi

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Aug 16, 2019

How “Invader Zim” Introduced Children to their Impending Doom

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

How “Invader Zim” Introduced Children to their Impending Doom

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The Startup

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K. Albasi

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Jul 31, 2019

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…

How to Get in the Habit of Using Habit Trackers

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The Startup

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K. Albasi

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Jun 27, 2019

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…

The Importance of Hobbies, or ‘Serious Leisure’

K. Albasi

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Mar 22, 2019

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…

Johns Hopkins Researcher on the Potential for Psilocybin Therapy

K. Albasi

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Mar 19, 2019

Reclaim Your Focus by Letting Your Mind Wander

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

Reclaim Your Focus by Letting Your Mind Wander

K. Albasi

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Feb 26, 2019

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…

The Last Shot of True Detective, Season Three

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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