How do humans their needs and technology interact in society? Marcel Siegler explores the
dialectical relationship between human needs and desires the demands and requirements of the
built world and the forms of organization that hold both humans and the built world together.
He argues that complex societal constellations emerge from the actions individuals perform with
the technological means at hand to satisfy their needs and desires in the short and long run.
Based on a novel complementary reading of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre the study
develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the intricate machinations of sociotechnical
systems from a perspective on situated human-technology interaction.
