Sign in with Facebook
1,926 books
—
3,621 voters
Jorge Caballero
https://www.goodreads.com/caballero
to-read
(579)
currently-reading (2)
read (940)
did-not-finish (0)
nonfiction (368)
b (328)
fantasy (200)
1001 (196)
fiction (195)
classic (169)
a (162)
social-science (144)
currently-reading (2)
read (940)
did-not-finish (0)
nonfiction (368)
b (328)
fantasy (200)
1001 (196)
fiction (195)
classic (169)
a (162)
social-science (144)
history
(127)
science-fiction (111)
science-and-technology (82)
business (80)
philosophy (65)
historical-fiction (60)
favorites (54)
biography (53)
psychology (53)
finance-and-economics (48)
dystopia (45)
horror (35)
science-fiction (111)
science-and-technology (82)
business (80)
philosophy (65)
historical-fiction (60)
favorites (54)
biography (53)
psychology (53)
finance-and-economics (48)
dystopia (45)
horror (35)
my favorite method of comparing big numbers to time. We know a million, a billion, and a trillion are different sizes, but we often don’t appreciate the staggering increases between them. A million seconds from now is just shy of eleven
...more
“The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“What the eye is to the lover – that particular, ordinary eye he or she is born with – language – whatever language history has made his or her mother-tongue – is to the patriot. Through that language, encountered at mother’s knee and parted with only at the grave, pasts are restored, fellowships are imagined, and futures dreamed.”
― Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
― Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
“and we’ll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere … and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Nothing, in fact, is as universal or as ancient as the iniquitous and absurd; truth and justice, on the contrary, are the least universal, the youngest features in the development of human society.”
― God and the State
― God and the State
“Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.”
―
―
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 320949 members
— last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Jorge’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jorge’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,603 books
|
52 friends
657 books
|
9 friends
460 books
|
43 friends
554 books
|
37 friends
298 books
|
8 friends
81 books
|
14 friends
27 books
|
188 friends
95 books
|
44 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jorge
Lists liked by Jorge
