John Kay: The world needs more foxes and fewer hedgehogs

Archive interview with Isaiah Berlin
Archive interview with Isaiah Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Why are the predictions of well known experts worse than those of people who linger in obscurity? Isaiah Berlin’s distinction between the hedgehog, who knows one big thing, and the fox, who knows many little things, provides a clue to the answer.

John Kay – The world needs more foxes and fewer hedgehogs.