I have similar tastes, but, some additional gears:
I think all day, these days. Even if I’m trying to have interesting, purposeful conversations with people who also want that, it is useful to have sorts of things to talk about that let some parts of my brain relax (while using other parts of my brain I don’t use as much)
on the margin, you can do an intense intellectual conversation, but still make it funnier, or with more opportunity for people to contribute.
I have similar tastes, but, some additional gears:
I think all day, these days. Even if I’m trying to have interesting, purposeful conversations with people who also want that, it is useful to have sorts of things to talk about that let some parts of my brain relax (while using other parts of my brain I don’t use as much)
on the margin, you can do an intense intellectual conversation, but still make it funnier, or with more opportunity for people to contribute.