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...