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Emergent Ignorance and Our Intangible Heritage: A Personal Essay on History, Technology, and Identity

Hassan Ragab

Nov 175 min read

Emergent Ignorance and Our Intangible Heritage: A Personal Essay on History, Technology, and Identity

As an Egyptian, part of the Egyptian American diaspora, and a person who is always unsure—always searching for answers—I’ve realized that...

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It's never what it seems "How I am learning to Stop Worrying and Hate the Noise"

Hassan Ragab

Nov 86 min read

It's never what it seems "How I am learning to Stop Worrying and Hate the Noise"

"Screenshot from Identity Oblivious " I write this, as usual, at a conflicting time in my life. It’s a post I’ve meant to write for...

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The Contentious Decline of Both the Development and Usage of Generative AI Models in Architectural Conceptualization

Hassan Ragab

Aug 41 min read

The Contentious Decline of Both the Development and Usage of Generative AI Models in Architectural Conceptualization

There couldn't be a better time to be analytical about the usage of AI in general, particularly in architectural conceptualization and...

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What is (Ai) Kitsch in a world of industrialized art aesthetics?

Hassan Ragab

Jun 22 min read

What is (Ai) Kitsch in a world of industrialized art aesthetics?

I read something this morning about AI, art, and aesthetics. The argument was that AI lacks aesthetics and that most AI-generated work is...

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Ushering the World into Aesthetic Mediocrity?!

Hassan Ragab

May 65 min read

Ushering the World into Aesthetic Mediocrity?!

It's strange to have millions of people around the world notice you in just a few months. I think I forget that it's probably not normal....

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Hassan Ragab

Mar 292 min read

The city is a Tram - 17th months note

"The City is a Tram" is a series that I have been passionately working on for the past 17 months. This project holds a special...

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The city is a contextual human condition.

Hassan Ragab

Feb 193 min read

The city is a contextual human condition.

They didn't teach me psychology in architecture school, maybe architectural school does. Good schools will teach you sacred geometry,...

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Hassan Ragab

Feb 122 min read

Architects, what are you really up to?

With the rise of Gen-AI, numerous questions have arisen about the future careers of architects. Yet, perhaps Gen-AI prompts an even more...

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"Please drop me on Uranus" " زحل معاك ياسطي"

Hassan Ragab

Feb 103 min read

"Please drop me on Uranus" " زحل معاك ياسطي"

Humans have this cruel tendency to learn from the past without gaining actual wisdom. For a species desperate to "know" since the...

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Hassan Ragab

Jan 313 min read

Capitalism and Art: Technology as a Means to Become the Most Able

I don't think there is a definition of what "art" is. It definitely revolves around emotions and is most likely irrational. It's a craft...

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Hassan Ragab

Jan 31 min read

Hello World (not really!!).

I actually have an 11-year-old secret (public, so not so secret, I guess) blog where I bitch about life and everything. I will also be...

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