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This fox/hedgehog distinction seems to be a label that you apply to a person post-hoc, based on if you think they did a good job of predicting? I watched the ta
by CGamesPlay 5y ago
This fox/hedgehog distinction seems to be a label that you apply to a person post-hoc, based on if you think they did a good job of predicting? I watched the talk linked in the article and it didn't seem to help. If somebody says something about, say, TDD and you don't agree, you mentally just say "oh, this person is a hedgehog about TDD" and then write them off? Doesn't seem like a useful mental framework.
- wccrawford 5y agoReading the other comments, hedgehogs look at everything through a single lens. Foxes look at it in multiple ways. I've definitely met people who look at everything from their own position, and can't imagine how someone else would see the same situation from a different position. Programmer vs user vs manager, for instance. "This is so much easier to code like this!" vs "This is so much easier for the user to use like that!" vs "This way meets our goals for the quarter!" They are simply unable to see the other points of view.