Apparently, if an animal becomes too specialized they are more likely than a less specialized species to go extinct.  Adaptability, according to nature, is the key to survival.  A house made from materials that are too rigid will collapse when a storm hits, or when there is an earthquake.  Flexibility is key to maintaining the unity of complex systems.

A good communicator is able to adapt what he or she is trying to say to the audience that he or she is speaking.  Obviously, if the audience speaks Chinese, then the speaker must either speak in Chinese or hire a translator.  If the audience has a strong scientific background, it may be helpful to relate the topic to some particular branch of science that the audience is familiar with.  Every person has certain expectations and limitations when they are communicating and being communicated to. 

If the human race becomes too dependent on one technology, and suddenly that technology is taken away from us, then we will suffer.  We often forget how dependent we are on electricity until the power goes out.  At one time, we existed well without any power at all.  But now, if suddenly there were no power for months, it would be a major disaster and many would die. 

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.  ~Bruce Lee