Purpose/Context.

This article examines the problem of cognitive impoverishment in the age of digital and information technologies through a critical discussion of two philosophers who have advanced lapidary diagnoses of the effects of contemporary media on human consciousness: Bernard Stiegler and Paul Virilio. Its purpose is to investigate possible lines of resistance against the cognitive effects of digital and computer media.

Methodology/Approach.

The methodological approach proceeds through a comparative study, framed in the concept of "anthropic perimeter", a posthumanist approach to human subjectivity and biology.

Results/Findings.

The article makes a theoretical contribution to the debate on the cognitive and political effects of new technologies.

Discussion/Conclusions/Contributions.

His contribution consists of the identification of two possible philosophical responses to the current situation of addiction and impoverishment caused by media technologies. The theoretical framework delineates future lines of research on the subject from a posthumanist.

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