Maslow’s Hammer · Hua-Ming Huang
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written by Hua-Ming Huang
February 5, 2026 1 minute read
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“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.” — Abraham Maslow


= Law of the Instrument

is a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a familiar tool.

When you become comfortable with a certain tool, you start applying it everywhere, even when it doesn’t fit.

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