In 1953, the philosopher Isaiah Berlin took a fragment of ancient Greek poetry and used it to divide the world into two kinds of thinkers: “The Fox knows many things, but the Hedgehog knows one big thing.”  He described a chasm between people who see the world through a “ single central vision ” and those who “pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory.”  This distinction helps explain how architecture lost its influence. Architecture is a Fox’s discipline. It sits between capital, politics, infrastructure, climate, design, engineering, art, psychology, and economics. Its task is to hold these domains together, manage complexity, and, at its best, make spaces and places in which we can live better together. The role has been one of great influence, used by those in power to manifest their vision and values.…