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GEORGE:
Today: trust and betrayal—
why people cling to rumors, why institutions lose credibility,
and why truth-telling has to be humane… or it fails.

GEORGE:
Reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from today at his life on earth—films, scholarship, modern claims—
but he cannot predict the future. No prophecy.

WILL:
I may remember what was.
I may observe what is.
But I may not speak of what shall be.

GEORGE:
During COVID, the WHO used a word that nailed it: “infodemic.”
They define it as an overabundance of information—including false or misleading information—that makes it hard to find trustworthy guidance. 

WILL:
A disease of information—
how modern, and how ancient.

GEORGE:
Exactly. And that’s our theme:
the internet didn’t invent misinformation—
it changed the speed, scale, and business model.
But rumor itself?
Rumor is a very old actor.

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