A Slight Case Of Trichotomy

A Slight Case of TrichotomyBy and large, the day of the split-level personality is over: we're getting divided into thirds now, as becomes our more mathematical age, and this trichotomy has a number of far-reaching effects on how we live.Drinking, for instance.Three men enter a bar."Manhattan," says the first."Dry martini," says number two, "with a twist of lemon."Number three is brief."Bullshot."There--in a trivial instance and in brief--is an example of...