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"...have the ability to adjust to different environments..."

Likewise being able to know when a new technology is just a short-living fad despite being popular.

That is true, and would this knowledge come from specializing in a certain domain or just intuition?

Or could there be guidelines for determining if some technology will live a short life, for example: tablets or even the Apple watch?

A little bit of intuition, a little bit just being too busy to get wrapped up into trends just because.