The planning fallacy, identified by Kahneman and Tversky in the 1970s, describes our tendency to underestimate the time a task will take — even when we have actual past experience proving it takes far longer. This persists because optimism bias makes us overweight our current ability and discount historical evidence. The result: missed deadlines, elevated stress, and compounding productivity loss.
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