A speaker contrasts two dance floor styles: the orderly "B dance" versus the chaotic "A dance," arguing that pre-existing friendships drive participation far more than the music itself. When friends are present, even a birthday song gets people dancing.
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Now, when people look at the B dance, the first thing they do is they see themselves as the giant of the dance floor. And they also see order and control on that dance. And then unlike the order and control and the B dance, the A dance, folk, they look at the screen and they see chaos. But in that chaos, they see all these people connecting and building relationships on this dance floor. And look, you all already intuitively know what makes a good dance. Because imagine you walk onto a dance floor and you look around and you don't know anyone else on that dance floor, and no one knows each other. DJ could put on the hottest song of the day, and chances are very few people would dance. But if you walk onto a dance floor and you look around and you see all your friends and you're like, hey, hey, hey. DJ could put on a happy birthday song, and you know one of your friends would be like, I'll live my song and get all excited. Not because the song was great, because you had friends, connections and relationships built up on that dance floor. And that brings me to rule number one of dance floor.