If you think of human interaction like our house party, with friends and strangers bumping into each other and either bonding or not, sorting is what happens at hour three, when everyone’s found their favorite group and hasn’t moved for at least twenty minutes. Conversations are flowing, drinks are emptying, and each group starts to build its own voice and culture. The clowns in the kitchen are trading jokes. The thinkers in the living room are onto their third brainy debate.
