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

Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:29 – Fear
10:41 – Virtual reality
14:25 – Claustrophobia
16:13 – Skydiving
17:48 – Overcoming fears
22:48 – Optimal performance
26:02 – Deep work
41:27 – Psychedelics
45:13 – Deep work
58:53 – Everything in the brain is an abstraction
1:06:11 – Human vision system
1:17:47 – Neuralink
1:45:17 – Science of consciousness
2:00:05 – David Goggins
2:17:09 – Science communication
2:24:41 – Man’s Search for Meaning

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