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so here's a succinct demonstration of my frustration with most of how people present information if I wanted to know what Lorenzo means, the answer "from Laurentum" is not really an answer. It just kicks the can down the road. It makes no sense ot be satisfied with this answer https://t.co/ppdPofui57
it's only by digging further that I find out that, ok, Laurentum is named for the laurel tree. Lorenzo, Lawrence, Lorenz, laurel reaths, laureates https://t.co/UcYnEJQnoZ
so now it's satisfying, it starts with a shrub native to the mediterranean, became a symbol of glory, nobility, etc. it makes sense. I get the whole story https://t.co/xrUEFxnDV4
but so much of like, school, for example, was "Who is Lorenzo named after?" and the answer is "Laurentum" and you're then supposed to move on to the next question!! And those study habits, writing habits, thinking habits persist. It results in this sort of vague... humbuggery
if you repeat this process of figuring out "no but why is Laurentum named Laurentum" for everything that you're curious about, the wild thing is – while there's slightly more time cost at the start, the end result is you have a much deeper understanding of how the world works
like, did it occur to me before this to think that Lorenzo de Medici, Lawrence of Arabia, Taylor Lorenz and Yves Saint Laurent have something in common? nope. But now they're all connected in my head. This is part of how I remember everything. Everything *is* connected
(what is YSL famous for? the most famous thing seems to be the 1965 Mondrian dress, based on the paintings by Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who started doing his iconic lines and colors after WW2) https://t.co/3lKNt8rxNS
