Karl Deisseroth: Depression, Schizophrenia, and Psychiatry | Lex Fridman Podcast #274

Karl Deisseroth is a professor of bioengineering, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Karl’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/karldeisseroth
Karl’s Website: https://web.stanford.edu/group/dlab
Projections (book): https://amzn.to/3NKmdiJ

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:48 – Mental disorders
9:21 – Intelligence
11:59 – James Joyce
20:36 – Writing
24:00 – Projections
27:35 – Translation
30:06 – Poetry
38:49 – Love
44:23 – Psychiatry
47:35 – Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
56:19 – Data in cells
1:00:23 – Optogenetics
1:15:50 – Neuralink
1:28:39 – Psychedelics
1:35:02 – Depression
1:50:28 – Talk therapy and psychoanalysis
1:54:09 – Good Will Hunting
2:04:44 – Darkest moments
2:06:15 – Suicide
2:23:21 – Autism
2:42:58 – Schizophrenia
2:54:07 – Why we cry
3:01:19 – Consciousness
3:15:50 – Mortality
3:17:30 – Meaning of life

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