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Hiding Hand Principle

The idea that when a person decides to take on a project, the ignorance of future obstacles allows the person to rationally choose to undertake the project, and once it is underway the person will creatively overcome the obstacles because it is too late to abandon the project.

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Origin

The term was coined by economist Albert O. Hirschman.