The Statue of Liberty and the skyline of Manhattan in New York, N.Y., September 11, 2021. (Bjoern Kils/New York Media Boat/Reuters)
I spent five months of my academic career in Vienna, Austria. During my time abroad, I visited many places and took home many souvenirs. My favorite among them was my rekindled appreciation for interminable American ambition.
It wasn’t that Europeans were lazy. However, they didn’t strike me as particularly ambitious either. They were perfectly satisfied with their station in life. While this can be an admirable trait, I found myself missing the “buzz” of the frenetic American way of life. I also noticed that Europeans let things happen; Americans make things happen. They refuse to accept their fate as unchangeable, and ...
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