Planning Fallacy

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconbeing too optimistic
Executive Parlancetimeline underestimation
Scholarly Discourseoptimistic scheduling bias
Babel ZenithHofstadter's Law
Origin: Douglas Hofstadter

Etymology & Meaning

It always takes longer than you expect, even when you account for this law.

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