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#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Power of Hormones and the Will to Live

Hormones are powerful. The relationship between thoughts and hormones is enormous. Testosterone makes effort feel good. Estrogen makes emotions feel okay. And so there's something about these molecules that in an ancient way, in all organisms, all mammals, as far as we know, are linked to the will to live. They're linked to effort and making effort feel good which has been fundamental to the evolution of our species.

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