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Schelling's Segregation

Thomas Schelling showed in 1971 that mild individual preferences produce extreme collective segregation. Each agent simply moves when too few neighbors share its type. No coordination, no leader — yet the grid sorts itself into tight monochrome clusters.
Presets
Tolerance
30%
Density
80%
Happiness
Agents satisfied —
Segregation
Same-type neighbors —
Related
↗ Prisoner's Dilemma ↗ SIR Epidemic ↗ Particle Life ↗ Ising Model
Space: pause · R: randomize