>[!abstract]
>The law of the instrument is a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a familiar tool. Abraham Maslow wrote in 1966, "*it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail*" (Wikipedia, 2025).
>[!related]
>- **North** (upstream): [[Cognitive bias]]
>- **West** (similar): —
>- **East** (different): [[Cognitive flexibility]]
>- **South** (downstream): —