Don Quixote

This book by Miguel de Cervantes was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Asi Wind. It comes up in conversations about brain health, focus & dopamine, productivity & performance, sleep. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “this is uh a novel from the 1600s donkey my favorite book of all time teaching us about magic”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “my favorite book of all time”
  Asi Wind · Huberman Lab · Mar 202401:50:14

  Said during "What Magic & Mind Reading Reveal About the Brain | Asi Wind". The episode features Asi Wind: One of the world's top magicians and mentalists, known for his close-up card work and the off-Broadway show Inner Circle. A self-described practitioner of psychology who studies how perception and memory work to create his effects. Magician Asi Wind shows Andrew Huberman how memory, attention, emotion, and storytelling let the brain co-author its own illusions.