Overview
Lawrence Lessig is a legal scholar whose work on 'code as law' — the idea that technical architectures regulate behavior just as legal codes do — parallels and intersects with Agre's concept of technology as inscription. Agre cited Lessig's work in 'Yesterday's Tomorrow' (1998) as part of the emerging understanding that technical standards function as legislation.
Significance for Agre
Lessig and Agre arrived at similar conclusions from different directions: Lessig from legal theory, Agre from AI and institutional analysis. Both recognized that the design of technical systems is a form of rule-making with political consequences.