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378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)

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Understanding the Planning Fallacy and Time Underestimations

This chapter explores the planning fallacy, a cognitive bias that causes people to underestimate project timelines. It examines related biases like optimism bias and highlights their impact on deadline management, concluding with details about the podcast's production and subscriptions.

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