Industry 4.0: Reflections on the Transformation of Work

At 72, Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen is the German sociologist with the most insightful view of the upheaval brought about by the advent of Industry 4.0. After teaching from 1997 to 2015 as a professor of economic and industrial sociology at the Technical University of Dortmund, Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen now devotes himself to analyzing the impact…