I am spending this 4th of July in Germany, having visited my parents and friends from growing-up near Nuremberg for the last few days. It is late here now and I am seeing all the Happy 4th wishes from the US in my Twitter timeline. That made me think about what I feel like celebrating on this day. And as I wrote last year, it is not so much independence we need in the modern world, but rather interdependence. There is, however, something very much worth celebrating and that is the memorable l...

I am spending this 4th of July in Germany, having visited my parents and friends from growing-up near Nuremberg for the last few days. It is late here now and I am seeing all the Happy 4th wishes from the US in my Twitter timeline. That made me think about what I feel like celebrating on this day. And as I wrote last year, it is not so much independence we need in the modern world, but rather interdependence. There is, however, something very much worth celebrating and that is the memorable l...

As an immigrant to America, I have enjoyed many 4th of July celebrations over the years. Given the Brexit vote, I woke up today wondering though what it means for a nation to be independent in the world we live in. All the big problems we face as humanity such as climate change, infectious diseases, taxation of multinational corporations are global problems. America can’t solve any of these problems by itself. Neither can any other nation. What we really need is a declaration of In-TER-depend...

As an immigrant to America, I have enjoyed many 4th of July celebrations over the years. Given the Brexit vote, I woke up today wondering though what it means for a nation to be independent in the world we live in. All the big problems we face as humanity such as climate change, infectious diseases, taxation of multinational corporations are global problems. America can’t solve any of these problems by itself. Neither can any other nation. What we really need is a declaration of In-TER-depend...

Happy 4th of July. It’s great to celebrate independence, but even better to remember that we are all interdependent. That’s why last year I wrote a post about climate change. And this year is no different. If anything I feel like writing the post in all caps. While I gave a talk early this years titled “Reasons for Optimism,” the reality is that we should be panicking as the amazing Greta Thunberg puts it so aptly I have reached more personal clarity on this topic than ever before. I too am e...

Happy 4th of July. It’s great to celebrate independence, but even better to remember that we are all interdependent. That’s why last year I wrote a post about climate change. And this year is no different. If anything I feel like writing the post in all caps. While I gave a talk early this years titled “Reasons for Optimism,” the reality is that we should be panicking as the amazing Greta Thunberg puts it so aptly I have reached more personal clarity on this topic than ever before. I too am e...