Andrew Huberman: OnlyFans Is Hijacking Your Brain - Fake Intimacy, Real Consequences PT 2

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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In Part 2 of this explosive conversation, Tom Bilyeu continues his deep dive with Dr. Andrew Huberman, unraveling not just the biological and social traps ensnaring men, but the actionable steps required to break free. If Part 1 exposed the crisis, Part 2 provides a roadmap back to purpose, agency, and authentic accomplishment. The conversation shifts from diagnosis to actionable strategies: Andrew shares the science of goal setting, behavioral replacement, and how to tap back into the powerful circuits of dopamine and testosterone for real-world achievement. Together, Tom and Andrew explore the surprising link between order, environment, and motivation—from cleaning your room to building oceanic fish tanks—and why meaningful, generative achievement (not endless digital consumption) is the antidote. Expect challenging perspectives on what men should actually aim for in life, how gaming and virtual worlds could either empower or further entrap, and the philosophical rabbit-hole of free will, evolution, and the unsettling possibility we’re simply vessels for our gut bacteria. If you want the playbook for reclaiming your biological drive and creating a legendary life, this is the conversation you need to hear. SHOWNOTES43:19 How to Reclaim Control Over Your Biology50:24 The Feedback Loop of Accomplishment01:04:33 Why Fish Tanks Are Better Than OnlyFans: Investing Dopamine01:15:34 Final Thoughts: Celebrating Male Drives & Social Contribution FOLLOW ANDREW HUBERMAN:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlabTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/hubermanlabYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hubermanlabPodcast: https://hubermanlab.com CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to ⁠⁠https://www.vitalproteins.com⁠⁠ and entering promo code IMPACT at check out Allio Capital: Macro investing for people who want to understand the big picture. Download their app in the App Store or at Google Play, or text my name “TOM” to 511511. SleepMe: Visit ⁠⁠https://sleep.me/impact⁠⁠ to get your Chilipad and save 20% with code IMPACT. Try it risk-free with their 30-night sleep trial and free shipping. Tailor Brands: 35% off ⁠⁠https://tailorbrands.com/podcast35⁠⁠Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠⁠Hims: Start your free online visit today at ⁠⁠https://hims.com/IMPACT⁠⁠. Linkedin: Post your job free at ⁠⁠https://linkedin.com/impacttheory⁠⁠ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ ⁠⁠join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ ⁠⁠see if you qualify here.⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ ⁠⁠sign up here.⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS:⁠ ⁠⁠apple.co/impacttheory⁠ ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Tom Billu and this is Impact Theory.
0:02.5	Welcome back to part two of my conversation with the one and only, Andrew Huberman.
0:07.7	If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, hit pause, go back, check it out.
0:10.8	You're going to want to hear everything that we've talked about so far.
0:13.5	Let's get right into it.
0:15.1	I'm curious how you see AI playing into it.
0:17.7	I'm not an expert in AI, but like for somebody, for instance, who, I don't know,
0:23.0	is interested in creating things. I mean, we're, aside from just searching an AI, you know,
0:30.4	what do you see coming next that people like, you know, people like me and everybody out there
0:34.9	don't quite see yet in terms of the next iteration of where we're going to be like, everybody's using this. It's easy to think like a sci-fi writer, and so that's always the best way I think to come at it. I'd like to remind people right before I make crazy predictions that the only thing I know is that nobody sees the future clearly, it will unfold in a way that is surprising, guaranteed. So everything I'm about to say, I say knowing that, I'm going to be wrong.
0:57.3	So the only question is, will I be directionally correct?
1:00.2	AI is the ultimate pattern recognition machine.
1:03.6	And it may never become human-like, but it is going to extend life radically.
1:16.2	It is going to be better than us at everything. It'll be a better therapist. It'll be a better husband. It will be a better wife. It will be so good because,
1:22.5	remember, go back. My core thesis is that all of life full stop is about manipulating my own brain chemistry in alignment
1:29.6	with what evolution wants, which is for me to have kids to have kids. But as you said, it's easy to
1:34.2	hijack that. So AI will be so extraordinarily good at recognizing the patterns that we operate under.
1:40.7	It will know exactly how to make us feel anger. That's what we want to feel, clarity, certainty, laughter, sadness, whatever. The patterns will be so easy for it to replicate.
1:49.6	Now, this is going to be over time, obviously. So I think the thing that maybe surprises everybody,
1:54.3	the world will bifurcate. And so on the one hand, you're going to have people like me. You go full
1:59.8	transhuman. You are thrilled to be
2:02.3	able to live out a thousand year life inside of virtual worlds where you are fighting dragons and
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