Lee Vinsel (2016) | Innovation Fetish

Is innovation overvalued? It is the dominant ideology of our
era. But what if building, maintenance and repair prove much
more important to our daily lives than the vast majority
of technological innovations? 




Co-founder of The Maintainers, a research group focused on
maintenance, repair, infrastructure and mundane labor, Lee
Vinsel is an Assistant Professor of Science and Technology
Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology. His research
focuses on science and technology policy, and his first book
examines the history of government regulation of the automobile
in the United States, from the birth of the internal combustion
engine to the Google Car. His work has been featured in The
Atlantic, The Guardian, Le Monde, Fortune and the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation.