With the increasing technological advances in our society, we are developing a substantial gap between the demand for, and the supply of, technically trained people. If the present training philosophy persists, this gap will continue to widen as our increased knowledge allows us to advance even more rapidly. What can be done to alleviate this situation? The answer is certainly not a simple one… or is it? One of the solutions to the problem may well be simplification, in training and in documentation. The following discussion relates primarily to training and documentation (communication) in the technical fields. An extension of these basic principles, however, can be applied to many other educational areas.