Matt Walker is a sleep scientist at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep, and the host of a new podcast called The Matt Walker Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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0:00 – Introduction
2:05 – Putin moment: Lex takes Matt’s sunglasses
2:26 – Fascination with sleep
6:35 – Why do we sleep?
15:06 – Computer vision for driver assistance
24:28 – Consciousness is fundamental
32:34 – Lex on human to robot connection
35:01 – Scent of a Woman is better than “John Wick”
46:42 – Distinction between coffee and caffeine
1:12:26 – The science of ‘sleeping on it’
1:26:19 – Lex on his sleeping schedule
1:51:23 – Chronotypes
1:58:52 – How to overcome insomnia
2:16:15 – Diet and sleep
2:25:12 – Where do dreams come from?
2:38:50 – How sleep affects emotions
2:45:43 – Meaning of life
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