If you start wielding a hammer, then all your problems look like nails. And maybe they're not. Maybe it's more subtle than that. And so your toolkit has to be able to morph into what is necessary for what it is that you confront at that moment. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

If you start wielding a hammer, then all your problems look like nails. And maybe they're not. Maybe it's more subtle than that. And so your toolkit has to be able to morph into what is necessary for what it is that you confront at that moment.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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