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Nicola Steiner

Wir sind Dynamit

In discussion with Nicola Steiner, Juliane Marie Schreiber explains why it is no coincidence that our world rewards the loud rather than the thoughtful.

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Juliane Marie Schreiber

Monday, 19. October 2026, 19:00 – 20:00 h

At Literaturhaus Zurich, Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich

Event Language: German

Our world rewards the loud rather than the thoughtful, the show-offs rather than the introverts. With wit and defiance, Juliane Marie Schreiber shows why this is no coincidence but part of a systematic pattern, and why an extroverted demeanor often counts for more than substance.

This book is an invitation to turn inwards – and a powerful plea for a new culture of thinking: depth rather than speed.

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Juliane Marie Schreiber

Political scientist and author

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Juliane Marie Schreiber, born in Berlin in 1990, is a political scientist and journalist. Her socially critical non-fiction book "Ich möchte lieber nicht" (I'd rather not) spent three consecutive months on the non-fiction bestseller lists (ZDF, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Die Zeit) and became a bestseller. Schreiber has worked as a speechwriter and consultant for foundations and human rights organisations. She studied political science and sociology in Berlin (Humboldt University) and Paris (Sciences Po). Her book "Bilder als Waffen" (Images as Weapons) was awarded the Aquila Ascendens Young Scholars’ Prize for Security Policy.

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