Private Property

Breaking out of writer’s block can be difficult. Self discipline is the most primal element of freedom. Making the rules in your own life is just another version of the rule of man. Human beings are not allowed to make the rules. That is the one and only thing we are not allowed to do. God makes the rules.

Seek God! Study the Word of God. Practice the divine rule of law in your own life. Follow the rules that God reveals in the sacred writings of your religion.

Artificial intelligence is just like guns. It is the operator that determines whether it is a productive tool or a destructive weapon. The first and most important facet of holistic human being is spirituality. Make sure you take care of your spirituality every day.

I’ve been distracted by my day job. And after studying Linux and then HTML, CSS and Javascript for years. I started learning PHP and Drupal and then Python and Django and Flask and now, with this current website, WordPress. I bought several books about artificial intelligence and I’ve been feeling completely overwhelmed. I’m halfway through the second of a three book series. I’m in way over my head.

So, what should I write about? I want to continue to learn all of these subjects. I like the KDE Plasma technology, so I’ve been looking at Qt and the QML language. Once I get done with the Artificial Intelligence project, I’ll concentrate on getting the Python, Django, Flask work flow started. Then, I’ll work on the Qt Creator, C++ and QML work flow, to learn how to create applications for KDE plasma desktop and KDE Plasma Mobile.

I recommend that you follow along. The sooner you get started, the more advanced you will become. I’m a fairly slow learner, so you will most likely surpass me in your skill and your knowledge and wisdom. I’m just suggesting a path you can take. There are plenty of other options.

I went through Harvard University’s CS50 computer science corriculum twice during 2019. I got this website started. It has all the bells and whistles that I want, for now. I spent the money, about $1000 to get all the subscriptions I need for a well equipped WordPress website. I bought all the retail stuff that Bluehost recommended.

An alternative path is to delete all the default plugins and start with a clean slate. I want Bluehost to be successful and profitable, so purchasing their recommendations will help them earn commissions for the plugins and extentions that they recommend.

I will learn how to use those plugins and may use them in other contexts in the future. Building a WordPress website is a good idea, because it is the most popular website framework for home office based website development. So, while it is distracting me from investigating the Python, Django, Flask workflow; pulling me back into the PHP ecosystem, it will be a valuable subject to investigate for home office based entrepreneurs.

Investigate both PHP and Python. Each one has advantages and disadvantages. Each one has an entire ecosystem evolving around it. Python has Django, Flask and even artificial intelligence. PHP has Symphony and Drupal and WordPress, etc.

Most likely, you have some creative project you want to work on that is unrelated to computer science and website development. If so, then WordPress is probably a good option for you. There is a lot of documentation and the largest developer community to help you find your way.

Learning how to use this technology will enable you to reach a global audience without being censored by any giant corporation that rents out space on their application, like Google, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure or Facebook or anything like that. You can still use those resources to magnify your audience, but you always lead them back to your own private application.

Own your own means of production. Do not rent it. Private ownership of the means of production has produced this unprecidented wave of material progress in human affairs. This technological civilization we all enjoy the benefits of. I’d much rather ride around in a self propelled automobile, than a covered wagon with wooden seats. I’d rather live and work in a glass skyscraper with 5G wifi and high speed Internet, than a log cabin.

Condominiums are better than apartments. Again, own your home, instead of renting it. Private property and free enterprise are primal instincts in human nature. We need our laws and institutions to reflect that. Beware of anyone, any company or any state, which tries to take your private property away from you.

Every human being wants to be important and every human being is important. Wanting to be more or less important than anyone else is a cancer of the mind that cases all crime and war. Do not do that. Pay yourself first and make sure everyone you trade with gets a good deal.

By pay yourself first I mean, make sure you get good deals and buy assets. Own the means of production. Invest in your private property. Assets add income to your bank account. Some private property, like your house and your cars are not assets, they are liabilities, because they cost you money. An asset is private property that earns money.

You can also use other people’s private property as leverage to increase your productivity. Borrowing money responsibly to buy assets and using Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS are some examples of using leverage to increase your productivity.

I like the MIT license for software. The GPL is not much better than the Microsoft user agreement. They both tell you what you can do with your software. One says Microsoft owns the software. The other says no one owns the software. The BSD and MIT licenses do not put any such limitations on what you can do with your software.

Freedom is lawful, not lawless. Which brings us back to, God makes the rules. This artificial intelligence that has been created by man is a very powerful weapon. One common faith is the only thing that can save us from destroying each other. Baha’u’llah is the Manifestation of God for now and the Baha’i Faith is the one common faith of all mankind.