Your Brain Is a Time Machine

This book by Dean Buonomano was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, brain health, exercise & strength, focus & dopamine, relationships. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

A leading neuroscientist presents a groundbreaking exploration of how time works inside the mind, arguing that the human brain's complex system constructs our sense of chronological flow in ways that are essential to evolution and everyday survival.

• “there's a wonderful book I'm forgetting the title ... by Dean um buano from UC CLA I think it's called the brain is a time machine”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's a wonderful book”
  Andrew Huberman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 202202:26:32

  Said during "Andrew Huberman: Focus, Stress, Relationships, and Friendship | Lex Fridman Podcast #277". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Stanford neuroscientist and host of the Huberman Lab podcast, known for translating brain and body science into practical health protocols. This is his third appearance on Lex Fridman's podcast and a close personal friend of the host. Huberman and Fridman roam from food, friendship and Rick Rubin to focus, stress, sauna science, sex, and how to ready your brain for hard work.