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November 13, 2005
Peter Drucker, RIP
This isn't a business blog, but I should note the passing of Peter Drucker Friday at the age of 95. A native of Austria, Drucker fled Europe for the US in 1939 and went on to become the Godfather of modern management. Drucker held (and earned the right to) contrarian views on the Information Age, and once famouslysaid, "Almost everybody today believes that nothing in economic history has ever moved as fast as, or had a greater impact than, the Information Revolution. But the Industrial Revolution moved at least as fast in the same time span, and had probably an equal impact if not a greater one." Mickey Kaus recounts:
I once telephoned Peter Drucker, sometime in the early 90s, to try to pick his brain. Of all the experts and wonks I called when I was writing a magazine column, he's the only one who had the honesty to politely say (roughly) "I'm sorry, but why should I give my ideas to you?" I had no answer for that. I've respected him ever since.
Posted by bill at November 13, 2005 08:21 PM
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