Not parent, but the idea that a conversation with a stranger has inherit worth is tied to two ideas that I hold: people have inherit worth, and that can be exch

Not parent, but the idea that a conversation with a stranger has inherit worth is tied to two ideas that I hold: people have inherit worth, and that can be exchanged through communication. I find it relatively easy now to find points of commonality with most people I talk to. Some of this could be explained by the value I place on the intangible feeling of understanding and being understood might be an outlier too. You're absolutely right too in that if you're repeatedly not clicking with someone it probably isn't worth it to keep the conversation going, but even then there are exceptions. I've seen it take several attempts before a conversation takes flight and sometimes even then it dips back into the mundane only to pick back up again a minute or two later. However, people are much less likely to try to find common points of interest if the person they speak to assumes they're an idiot.