Traditional education has been built on the basic premise that information is scarce.

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This survey (which the Pew people have conducted in each presidential cycle since 1996) has provided the premise for a number of news stories raising concerns about the younger generation's information diet: by getting information directly from topical comics, the metaphorical argument goes, they are skipping their spinach and going straight for the pumpkin pie.

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The technology premise: Carriers have spent billions of dollars installing mega-bandwidth optical networks to carry information long distances.

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That is the premise of Code for America, a budding national organization of software programmers who use public information from local governments to create better civic services.

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The basic premise of the smart grid is that when implemented fully, it will enable a better flow of data and information between utilities, customers and third parties.

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