Subscription Details for the Light Revolution Herald are shown at the bottom of this page. In Review issues provide annual accounting of the Light Index performance since reporting began in 1994. As a result, the July 1998 issue of the Light Revolution Herald is dedicated to creating awareness of what is known about the Y2k problems and, more importantly, its uncertainties. Because we believe information about the Y2K problems should be widely disseminated, we have made available and invite you to read the full text of these Y2K-related newsletters . The Industrial Revolution was brought about by the development of the steam engine which caused the price of physical work to fall by a factor of a million The Light Revolution has been brought about by the invention of the transistor and the integrated circuit, which has caused the price of information processing and delivery to fall by a factor greater than ten million.
Industrial commodities travel to market on trucks, rails, ships and airplanes.
Information commodities travel via telephone lines and coaxial cable, through the atmosphere, along optical fiber and across integrated circuits. Industrial commodities get to market at 30 to 600 miles per hour. Information commodities travel at the speed of light. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was developed over 100 years ago to track the health and performance of the industrial age. The Light Index was developed in order to track the performance of the information age.