OrbisViator is a boutique website that highlights arts, ideas, and travel. The site exists to share knowledge, stimulate curiosity, and facilitate learning.
“If thou hast knowledge, let others light their candle at thine.”
Thomas Fuller, M.D. 1727. In Introductio ad Prudentiam: or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life, Part II. Item number 1784.
Note: OrbisViator is distinct from other organizations and websites with similar sounding names and has no affiliation with these other sites whatsoever. Search engines that confound similar sounding names seem to introduce confusion about which website is which.
The website has a nonprofit, educational mission and is intended for the public good. Appealing to a wide audience, OrbisViator attempts to separate the signal from the noise that dominates the Internet today. The site is not monetized in any way and does not accept any advertising revenue.
OrbisViator seeks to provide readers with an eclectic and balanced perspective on the world, encouraging exploration and critical thinking.
This site encourages browsing the links in the OrbisViator™ Directory as one would browse the books on a library shelf or at a brick and mortar bookstore.
“…I shall be telling this with a sigh
From the poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.“
This niche site is edited by a human, but the site may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) where its use may be accurate and productive. If AI is used to generate content, the content will include a note stating that it was generated by AI. The research for and the curation of this site are regularly aided by AI. Current AI technology provides considerable benefit to many organizations. Make no mistake: this site is edited, authored, curated, and maintained by a person, a human being.
orbisviator.com was introduced in 2024 and was registered on March 3, 2024. A previous boutique website by the editor of this site was registered on March 4, 1997.
The website provides news, original multimedia, original writing, famous quotations, and a searchable directory of websites. orbisviator.com attempts to provide a directory of websites which reflects an eclectic, diverse, and balanced approach. The site is edited and reviewed by experienced and well-traveled contributors.
OrbisViator encourages browsing the website links in this directory as one would browse the books on a library shelf or at a brick and mortar bookstore. One should embrace “epistemological modesty.” This approach is augmented by the AI search functionality provided at the top of every page. One is encouraged to use whatever approach works best for one’s preferences.
Search functionality is provided by Algolia and Google. The Algolia search functionality provided at the top of every page and on the AI Search page is powered by “autocomplete” technology that returns results as one types in real time.
Because this site has been curated carefully, the search functionality on this site ideally provides results with higher precision than some of the other options available on the Internet.
This site provides news covered by orbisviator.com journalists on an intermittent basis. All articles are uniquely identified by the date they are published.
OrbisViator also republishes articles from external sites on occasion that may be of interest to readers. Content from external sites is editorially independent of orbisviator.com. Republished material will always include its attribution to the original author and original publication.
Selection of external content is frequently intended to compensate for deficiencies in mainstream media coverage. The selection of articles or other content is meant to offset coverage of events and issues that are underreported, misreported, or incompletely reported by the mass media or anywhere. While other sites may act as gatekeepers to content, OrbisViator allows the user to choose.
WARNING! This site is not intended for children. This database contains links to external sites that may contain material which is not appropriate for children. Parental discretion is advised! Children should be supervised while on the Internet at all times. Never allow a minor to use the Internet without monitoring their activity at all times. Ensure that the child is sitting in view of their parent or guardian to offer close supervision. This site does not allow user to user interaction. No personal information is collected or stored.
For more information see: Family Online Safety Institute’s Good Digital Parenting
OrbisViator very strongly supports the First Ammendment of the United States Constitution, “Free Speech,” “Freedom of Expression,” and the unalienable right to privacy.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
First Amendment of the United States Constitution
Some sites are included to broaden the coverage of a given subject in order to inform and educate, and some sites are included to amuse and entertain. Not all sites, however, could be considered high quality or in good taste. One should consider this external content as editorially independent of orbisviator.com. In fact, we disagree with the opinions expressed in a number of these external sites. One must decide for oneself what is truthful and what is not.
Today’s search technology is constantly evolving so one should view the search results as a very good guess but not necessarily the final, correct answer to a query.
No warranty is implied and the sites listed may contain factual or typographical errors. A search on the Internet should never be considered an exhaustive search of all available literature or sources. One must use other forms of media like printed books, original documents, and many other types of information.
The “information” available on the Internet is a minuscule fraction of the body of knowledge accumulated over millennia, and one must view the Internet as a very tiny slice of the human experience. The information that one does see is the result of gatekeeping and often expensive paywalls by commercial sites that may exclude or manipulate what one ultimately receives. This advisory cannot be overstated,
The limits of online searching for researching a topic are discussed in this example academic paper:
Does the internet lead to surface searching and a deficiency of discovery in student learning?Notice: Please, read the Legal Notice. By using this website one agrees to the terms of the legal notice. One must leave orbisviator.com if one does not agree.
“Knowledge itself is power.” Sir Francis Bacon. (1561 – 1626). From Meditationes Sacrae, 1597.
Statement acknowledging the indigenous people of Boston, Massachusetts:
OrbisViator acknowledges that we operate on unceded territory of the Massachusett people that have lived here for many generations, and we acknowledge the painful history of violence and forced removal of indigenous people from this territory.
OrbisViator has high regard and deep respect for the indigenous peoples that have lived here for generations.
For more information on the Massachusett tribe see: https://massachusetttribe.org