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Would you rather be a fox or hedgehog?

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Philosopher Isaiah Berlin divided thinkers throughout history into two categories: those who pursue a single big idea throughout their careers (hedgehogs), and those who pursue many different ones (foxes).

The labels were drawn from Greek poet Archilochus’ aphorism “A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog one important thing.”

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