#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:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(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