Are You a Hedgehog or a Fox?
Isaiah Berlin, a British pluralist thinker, popularized a phrase from Archilochus, an ancient Greek poet: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
Hedgehogs, like Einstein, focus on a single, unifying idea, say, his work centered on uncovering the laws of the universe. Foxes, like Shakespeare, rather embrace complexity and variety, exploring the vast range of human experiences and backgrounds.
So the question remains, Are you a Hedgehog or a Fox?
Isaiah Berlin, a British pluralist thinker, popularized a phrase from Archilochus, an ancient Greek poet: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
Hedgehogs, like Einstein, focus on a single, unifying idea, say, his work centered on uncovering the laws of the universe. Foxes, like Shakespeare, rather embrace complexity and variety, exploring the vast range of human experiences and backgrounds.
So the question remains, Are you a Hedgehog or a Fox?