# How the progress bar keeps you sane

- Institution: TED
- Department: Small Thing Big Idea
- Speaker: Daniel Engber
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, History, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_engber_how_the_progress_bar_keeps_you_sane)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The progress bar makes waiting more exciting... and mitigates our fear of death. Journalist Daniel Engber explores how it came into existence.

## Lectures

1. [How the progress bar keeps you sane](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_engber_how_the_progress_bar_keeps_you_sane/5ece8ec1ec02), 4 min (TED's player)