Human Connections

The airport is all about movement. Everywhere I look, there are people rushing and pushing. This seems to be a common theme throughout the whole world. I notice a lot of people interacting with each other to kill time. I think that's another constant in every culture. People need people. When there isn't someone physically present, they get on their smartphone. They connect with someone via Facebook, email, or texting. I have also noticed a strange bond between fellow travelers. The girl I sat next to when flying overseas to Madrid felt the need to interact with me. I believe she wanted a connection, a human one, while traveling to some place new. She was a study abroad student, like me. She was from Florida though. Her paradigm is probably quite different than mine. Why then, does she and I feel the need to connect? Do we naturally crave similarities or diversity?
However, her behavior could just boil down to social constraints. Owing to the fact that we were about to spend eight hours sitting next to each other, she may have felt pressure to make herself welcoming and open to future conversation.