I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.
It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

