If you dig deeper into Berlin’s argument, and the fables that precede it (sometimes it’s a cat), it’s an argument for a principled approach to problem-solving and the hedgehog survives due to his simple and unified methodology while the fox faces a paralysis by analysis due to his plethora of disparate options… and dies.
If you dig deeper into Berlin’s argument, and the fables that precede it (sometimes it’s a cat), it’s an argument for a principled approach to problem-solving and the hedgehog survives due to his simple and unified methodology while the fox faces a paralysis by analysis due to his plethora of disparate options… and dies.
Of course, this is America and, while the hedgehog disappeared from these shores long before Europeans arrived, the fox continues to thrive.
If you dig deeper into Berlin’s argument, and the fables that precede it (sometimes it’s a cat), it’s an argument for a principled approach to problem-solving and the hedgehog survives due to his simple and unified methodology while the fox faces a paralysis by analysis due to his plethora of disparate options… and dies.
Of course, this is America and, while the hedgehog disappeared from these shores long before Europeans arrived, the fox continues to thrive.