At age 23, he became the foreign editor for Frankfurt's largest newspaper. At night he studied law books and soon passed the bar. Drucker fled Germany when the Nazis consolidated their power in 1933. He moved to London and worked for an investment bank. Toxic ideas can brainwash a culture or a company as surely as good ones.
Evil leaders can wreck entire civilizations.
Weak leaders with good intentions are scarcely better. Our grandparents told us this. We junk these old canards and seek our salvation in Web chat, Prozac and cigar sex. Our technology golden age is fragile and could slip away. Moore's Law is real, but it is not sufficient.