Diana Kinnert (online)
Einsamkeit durch Entgrenzung. Der Übergriff im digitalen Leben
(Loneliness through Ego-Boundary Loss: Encroachment in Digital Life)
The basis of my talk is the Expressionist belief that loneliness can arise from an inward withdrawal in response to ego-boundary violations. And that is exactly what happens in the digital world: constant bombardment with the wild and unwanted outcries of people whom we do not know personally.
Diana Kinnert is a politician, entrepreneur, consultant, and journalist with a background in political science, philosophy, and sociology. A member of the Christian Democratic Union since 2009, she was chief of staff of the late vice president of the Bundestag Peter Hintze. Since 2018 her political work has concentrated on technology, demography, anti-loneliness strategies, urbanization, and civic participation. Kinnert advises various government agencies and foundations abroad, including the world’s first ministry-level division for loneliness, in the U.K., and parliamentary committees in Switzerland, Australia, Canada and Japan. Kinnert is the author of Die neue Einsamkeit: Und wie wir sie als Gesellschaft überwinden können, a book on modern loneliness written with Marc Bielefeld (Hamburg 2021), and Für die Zukunft seh’ ich schwarz: Plädoyer für einen modernen Konservativismus (2017), and she regularly publishes political commentary. Together with Harald Welzer, she hosts the debate television program Denken mit Kinnert und Welzer. She also produces Gabor Steingart’s weekly podcast Der 8. Tag.
https://kinnert.com/theperson/