What Do You Care What Other People Think?

This book by Richard Feynman has been genuinely recommended 3 times on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, brain health, focus & dopamine, meditation & mindfulness, relationships. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Feb 2022 and the most recent from Jan 2026. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life.

• “surely you're joking, Mr. Fineman or what do you care what other people think? These are wonderful short stories mostly about Fineman”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “These are wonderful short stories”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Jan 202600:21:53

  Said during "Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials". The episode features Andrew Huberman (solo): Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. This is a solo Essentials episode. Huberman explains the neuroscience of play and why low-stakes, playful exploration is the most powerful portal to lifelong brain plasticity.

• “If you haven't already read books such as "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," or "What Do You Care What Other People Think," I encourage you to do so.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I encourage you to do so”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · May 202200:38:14

  Said during "The Science & Process of Healing From Grief". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo episode with no outside guest. Huberman reframes grief as a motivational, dopamine-driven yearning state and explains how to remap loss across space, time, and closeness.

• “or "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" these are wonderful short stories, mostly about Feynman”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “these are wonderful short stories”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Feb 202201:06:43

  Said during "Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo episode with no outside guest. Andrew Huberman explains how play rewires the brain at any age by triggering neuroplasticity through low-stakes, low-adrenaline exploration of new roles and contingencies.