Overview
Agre's time at UC San Diego was a pivotal transition period in which his focus shifted decisively from AI systems work to critical theory of technology. This is when his most methodologically important work emerged — the articulation of critical technical practice as a named approach, and the capture model as a framework for understanding digital surveillance.
It was also during this period that he began the Red Rock Eater News Service (1993), which would become the primary vehicle for his public intellectual engagement.