Growing up in Greece, I was more afraid of bureaucracy than of death. Bureaucracy (and some corruption that went with it) drove many scientists out of the coun

Growing up in Greece, I was more afraid of bureaucracy than of death. Bureaucracy (and some corruption that went with it) drove many scientists out of the country. I believe it is incredibly difficult to eliminate this beast once it has infested an organization, because people don't appear to be as creative in eliminating rules as they are in setting them. I'm glad to see a positive outcome of the bureaucracy problem: it drives the best people to start their own shop.