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“The Hedgehog and the Fox” is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin. It divides people into two groups, those who are “Hedgehogs”, people who view the world through the lens of a single defining idea. And, “Foxes”, who draw on a wide variety of experiences and for whom the world cannot be boiled down to a single idea. Which one are you?
Watercolor illustration of a Hedgehog by award-winning artist Daniel Mackie.
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This story comes from the 2nd century, probably from Greece. Sailors mistake sleeping whales for islands. They would tether their ships to the “island”, disembark and set up camp. The...
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Drangey Island is one of North Iceland’s most iconic sights. It is home to countless puffins. One of the oldest legends about the island tells of an old night-troll couple...
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The duck test is a form of abductive reasoning. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck....
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In Aesop’s fable, ‘The Owl and the Birds’, the birds ignore the wise owl’s words at their peril. Later, when events came to pass of which the owl had foretold,...