One interesting quirk is that in high-context cultures, the more educated and sophisticated you are, the greater your ability to both speak and listen with an understanding of implicit, layered messages. By contrast, in low-context cultures, the most educated and sophisticated business people are those who communicate in a clear, explicit way.
This makes complete sense to me now, as my favorite authors and presenters are able to explain both high context and inferred meaning in their words. Why in American business everything is so explicit and laid out?
