Yes, I'm not sure that Kickstarter's missed deadline rate is any higher than anywhere else. Humans almost universally underestimate complex tasks, a phenomenon

Yes, I'm not sure that Kickstarter's missed deadline rate is any higher than anywhere else. Humans almost universally underestimate complex tasks, a phenomenon so widely known there is a particular phrase for it: the Planning Fallacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_fallacy). The question should really be, why would anyone expect Kickstarter projects to meet their deadlines?