Exactly!

Education, social conditioning, peer pressure, all goes against this "principle".

The ugly truth is, that communication is 2 sided. So if one side does not do it, it makes both parties life harder. And a communication can only be improved from both sides, one sided attempts are weak.

The second bad thing is, you can't avoid communication. It is present between friends, family, work, everywhere.

So better to get it right as soon as possible.