My only cure is a simple and very painful one: do not compete. Refuse all sorts of competition in science that bear on how the limited budgets are split. Knowing that true science has never ceased to be a cooperative effort, and knowing where excessive competition leads, refuse to compete with your peers and colleagues. Find the dignity not to struggle for sources the public is not willing to provide you with; in particular not against someone who you think is every bit as good a scientist as yourself.

Radek Ocelák: Science not competition