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Dear teacher,

The Greek poet, Archilochus, had already described this difference between generalists and specialists with the metaphor, "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." It's not clear whether there were more foxes or hedgehogs in ancient Greece, but today there appear to be an inordinate number of hedgehogs, people who know very little about the world, save their field or expertise. This, in fact, has been a criticism of today's American colleges and universities, that they are producing too many hedgehogs.

Q : Someone defines foxes and hedgehogs based on the context like this.

The fox is a person who know less about more.

The hedgehog is a person who know more about less.

What does two sentences mean?


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= '... who knew less THAN OTHERS about more THINGS/SUBJECTS', and vice-versa. It refers to broad, as opposed to specialized, knowledge.
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