#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance Lex Fridman Podcast

Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(06:24) - Fear

(14:36) - Virtual reality

(18:20) - Claustrophobia

(20:08) - Skydiving

(21:43) - Overcoming fears

(26:43) - Optimal performance

(29:57) - Deep work

(45:22) - Psychedelics

(49:08) - Deep work

(1:02:48) - Everything in the brain is an abstraction

(1:10:06) - Human vision system

(1:21:42) - Neuralink

(1:49:12) - Science of consciousness

(2:04:00) - David Goggins

(2:21:04) - Science communication

(2:28:36) - Man's Search for Meaning