author
Martina Heßler
Martina Heßler is a historian and since 2019 has been Professor of the History of Technology at the University of Darmstadt. She works on the cultural history of technology, on the history of objects and of design, on growth and shrinkage perspectives in industrial and car manufacturing cities, and on the relationship between humans and machines in the past and present.
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Latest book
Sisyphus in the Engine Room: A History Of The Fallibility Of Humans And Technology
C. H.Beck
Humans are portrayed as flawed beings, while their machines are celebrated as conquerors of their weaknesses. In “Sisyphos im Maschinenraum”, Martina Heßler unpacks the story behind this powerful idea, where human fallibility is persistently coupled with the myth of technological perfection. It’s time to shed this outdated illusion.
