#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance

Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get $200 off - SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/partner/lex/ to get a free month of Guru - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab Andrew's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_D._Huberman Andrew's Website: http://www.hubermanlab.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman 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