Sign in with Facebook
Torbjorn Toby Jorgensen
http://www.tobyjorgensen.com
“In 2016 a total of 40 million commercial passenger flights landed safely at their destinations. Only ten ended in fatal accidents. Of course, those were the ones the journalists wrote about: 0.000025 percent of the total. Safe flights are not newsworthy”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“History isn’t a single narrative, but thousands of alternative narratives. Whenever we choose to tell one, we are also choosing to silence others. Human”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“The only proven method for curbing population growth is to eradicate extreme poverty”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“here’s the paradox: the image of a dangerous world has never been broadcast more effectively than it is now, while the world has never been less violent and more safe.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Art History
— 110 members
— last activity Dec 15, 2017 09:10AM
For anyone interested in the history of art!
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
— 6116 members
— last activity Nov 19, 2025 02:55PM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more
Green Group
— 1982 members
— last activity 46 minutes ago
The Green group is about living in a sustainable manner--how human activity affects the environment and how a changing climate/environment affects how ...more
Torbjorn Toby’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Torbjorn Toby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
110 books
|
3,232 friends
941 books
|
81 friends
453 books
|
492 friends
313 books
|
27 friends
175 books
|
41 friends
40 books
|
50 friends
178 books
|
249 friends
45 books
|
186 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Torbjorn Toby
Lists liked by Torbjorn Toby
