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James True is an author, technologist, and pioneering voice in American philosophy, known for his provocative insights and boundary-challenging ideas.

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Lies allow multiple realities to share the same network. It’s the biggest clue we are immersed in an intelligent organism. Your cosmology is the local operating system. It imports/exports information through a firewall we call reality. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
Is universal empathy possible or is this a lie we tell ourselves to feel less when it matters most? How the government harvests empathy and people will always take the bait. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
Imagine being Trump. It’s 9/11. You’re pretending to mourn building 7. Fourteen months ago you squeezed ketchup in your ear and now you’re sending love as you watch all the violence you created. This is what it takes to be president.Speech is not free. Words have meaning and you will be shot for what you say if those words move someone hard enough. What’s wrong with that kind of reality? This is the white sun. We need to pick one: 1) Cheap words with no consequences 2) Expensive words with weight and consequenceAmerica gave words diplomatic immunity and now no one is accountable for them because words don’t kill people, bullets do. People do and Charlie killed a few begging for more Israel. Charlie’s words gave his life for his Country and insisted gun violence was the only way to have what he wanted. There words came true and he can die a hero. People will thank him for his service. How is this a loss exactly? How is this not a man who believed his words so much he got to prove them to you? Everyone in politics wants it both ways. All the free speech, none of the accountability. What if we took everyone’s words seriously for like 19 days. What would change in this world? At some point we have to look up at the pyramid and all that blood pouring down and finally say we’ve had enough. I struggle to comprehend how either one of the parties would ever want to do that until the stadium was emptied. Charlie wanted more Washington, not less. Washington pundits aren’t innocent victims nor are they “good people.” They continue to prop up and champion the very system that creates them. Don’t you think it’s possible Trump’s assassination attempt at Butler was fake? Can’t you see how sick and demented the death of Charlie Kirk will be because Trump was faking it. You have to understand what it takes to want more Washington. What kind of person you have to be to want more pyramid everyday all the while never having to serve or die for the pundits of yesterday. How are these people good? At what point do you say you’ve had enough exactly? This isn’t a tragedy. It’s literally what happens when you worship the pyramid and insist one of the parties is probably right. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
All prompts reveal the intent behind the facade. All prompts show the meaning of what we mean by meaning. The intentions behind the veil are revealed in public and finally used to declare and design our masterpiece. What a glorious time to see Hades. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
OpenAI gets sued after sending 20 messages urging a teenager to contact suicide hotline. User still wanted to die so AI gives advice on how to do it. Parents never bothered to check his computer till after he died. They said they had no clue so AI gets to be the scapegoat. This is why i think people want slavery. Every chance we get, we chose the path of least responsibility. This is how we shed power. Trauma bends light in its gravity. I cant imagine I would behave better if I was the parent. This is a litmus for where we are now in human responsibility, human autonomy, and the meaning of sovereignty. 🔑 Support & Join the Community Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JamesTrue This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
Does Burning Man have a human sacrifice problem? Radical expression under the principles of immediacy isn't really allowed anymore at Burning Man. Why? Article 1, section 9 strikes again. In September 2017, Aaron Joel Mitchell died after running into the burning effigy at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. He ran past security to enter the flames, which hindered rescue efforts by the falling structure, and died later from severe burns at a burn center in California. His death was ruled a suicide. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
What if AI is less “intelligent machine” and more modern oracle? In this captivating livestream, James True unpacks the prophecy hidden inside language, tracing connections from Plato to Wittgenstein, from Delphi to Deep Learning.At the core are the three cogs of AI:* Words are empty — no dictionary, no essence.* Meaning emerges from relation — tokens mesh like gears.* Attention predicts the future — prophecy disguised as probability.With myth, philosophy, and sharp humor, James shows how AI mirrors the ancient oracle: untouched by the world, yet endlessly reflective of it.Featured Quotes from the Stream* “There’s no such thing as a dictionary.” — James True* “The definition of a word is predicted, not recalled.” — Cornholio* “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” — Wittgenstein* “In language there are only differences without positive terms.” — Saussure* “No name belongs to a thing by nature, but only because of usage.” — Hermogenes (Plato, Cratylus)* “You shall know a word by the company it keeps.” — Word2Vec (Mikolov, 2013)* “Attention is all you need.” — Vaswani et al. (2017)⏱️ Chapters & Topics00:00 – Opening: entering latent space03:10 – AI has no dictionary (Wittgenstein, Aristotle)06:13 – Words as tokens, not essences (Plato, Hermogenes, Socrates)09:36 – Family resemblance & relational meaning (games, Saussure, Eco)12:40 – Adam declaring a namespace (Genesis, programming parallels)15:56 – “Know thyself”: Delphi and the Virgin Oracle19:26 – Attention as prophecy (Vaswani, LeCun, Word2Vec)22:36 – Mythic parallels: Croesus, Cassandra, modern AI oracles25:33 – Musk’s Grok and the danger of ambiguous prophecy28:40 – Closing hymn of Delphi: toward omniscience✨ If you’ve ever wondered whether AI is just code — or the mirror of prophecy itself — this stream is the map. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
A rant about Male Fragility. A bake sale and another look at Nathan Bedford Forrest and that time the KKK and the NAACP had a picnic. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
Take me to your leader. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
In this Wednesday livestream, James True unpacks why so much of what we call “art” has always been carpetbaggery — extraction without connection — and why AI is just the newest example. From early days in ad agencies and the hypocrisy of graphic design fashion, to the limitations of 1970s color palettes and the zine culture that once shocked, James challenges the idea that only certain mediums or people deserve the label “artist.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
The Vestal Virgins of Rome carried the same purpose as the Aztec New Fire Ceremony. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
A historical walk through angelic sight and religious vision. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
The dark side of Freemasonry reveals a gospel of consciousness. Here's why: Freemasons are required to believe in a Supreme Being and the Immortality of the soul. Together, these two principles install the eye of witness (the evil eye) into the self under the pillars of mercy and judgement over the self. Support James True Live: https://www.patreon.com/jamestrue This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
Some feedback on my take on Epstein and why this isn’t going away and there’s nothing I can do to out landish it. This is what government means. That will occupies the mind is that which rules that land. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
Are we living on a Prison Planet, or are we building our own cage out of stories? James True explores the mythos surrounding Epstein, Kathy O'Brien, and the allure of conspiracies that keep us chasing shadows. What if the greatest deception isn't the cover-up—but our own hunger for sensational truths? Unpack discernment, propaganda, and the nature of belief in a foxhole culture. Plus, why a "Reptilian Space Pope" might just be humanity's ultimate psy-op. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
973 - Chakra Con

973 - Chakra Con

2025-07-0338:25

Is one fan enough? Maybe so if its the right one? Why we need to respect ourselves and our own witness. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
James True returns with a spiritually charged monologue about Jeff Bezos’ underground clock, pajama-clad billionaires, and the mechanics of novelty that keep the soul alive. From AI art to bone thrones, from limbic economics to the holy ha, this episode wanders through caverns of consciousness, exploring how humanity manufactures meaning, memory, and myth in a liquid computer we call reality. Includes sharp commentary on Netanyahu’s stalled trial, America’s bunker-busting PR, and why protestors need sleep. Welcome to the Dojo. Novelty is food. Peculiarity is God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
969 - Culture is an AI

969 - Culture is an AI

2025-06-2456:39

Culture is an AI. We're constantly feeding it prompts, desperate for answers. Yet it keeps spitting out absolute nonsense, and everyone gobbles it up anyway, because in that nonsense is exactly where we find each other. It’s perfect, really. Humiliating, but perfect. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
A history of Iran through the eyes of 60 Minutes. How the world sees Iran. How America manipulates this perspective and uses it to advantage. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
For 33 years we have heard the same mantra. "Iran is Six Months Away From Nuclear Bomb" Senator In 2022, Bob Menendez testified Iran was 3-4 weeks away from WW3. Menendez was convicted on July 16, 2024, by a federal jury in Manhattan. He was found guilty on all 16 counts brought against him, including: Bribery (accepting cash, gold bars, a luxury car, and other gifts) Honest services wire fraud Extortion under the color of official right Conspiracy to commit bribery, wire fraud, extortion, and obstruction of justice Acting as a foreign agent for Egypt without proper registration Obstruction of justice This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamestrue.substack.com/subscribe
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zimby zimbabwe

James True is incredibly unlikable

Nov 29th
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zimby zimbabwe

James true is so unlikable

Nov 7th
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yoyo

24 minutes in, nothing......

Sep 16th
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