What do skydiving, guitar-playing teenagers, and deep-seated psychic states have in common? They're all intense! In episode 110 of Overthink, Ellie and David untangle the role of intensity in shaping our aspirations, cultural tropes, and political goals. They trace the concept’s history from its tricky roots in Aristotle's theory of change, passing through medieval science and princely romanticism, to the thrills of skydiving and breathwork today. They turn to Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze’s accounts of consciousness and emotion to explore how intensity looks beyond the scientistic impulse to categorize and quantify, and question if intensity is of any help in addressing capitalist acceleration today. Check out the episode's extended cut <a href='https://patreon.com/overthinkpodcast'>here!</a> Works Discussed Aristotle, Categories Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Life Henri Bergson, Time and Free Will Gilles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition Gustav Theodor Fechner, Elements of Psychophysics Tristan Garcia, The Life Intense: A Modern Obsession Mary Beth Mader, “Whence Intensity? Deleuze and the Revival of a Concept” Benjamin Noys, The Persistence of the Negative Nick Srnicek & Alex Williams, “#Accelerate: Manifesto for an Accelerationist Politics” The Bachelorette Inside Out 2 (2024) Mentioned Overthink episodes 61 - Self Knowledge 32 - Paradox 107 - Organisms<a rel="payment" href="https://www.givecampus.com/pnrdy5">Support the Show.</a>Patreon | <a href='https://www.patreon.com/overthinkpodcast'>patreon.com/overthinkpodcast</a> Website | <a href='https://www.overthinkpodcast.com/'>overthinkpodcast.com</a> Instagram & Twitter | <a href='http://instagram.com/overthink_pod'>@overthink_pod</a> Email | <a href='mailto:dearoverthink@gmail.com'>dearoverthink@gmail.com</a> YouTube | <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYhvss0LFHG6DjDtX_gs-A'>Overthink podcast</a>

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