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Daniel Seifert

A writer and editor with 15 years of experience, Daniel Seifert’s stories are published in The New York Times, Discovery Channel Magazine, TIME and National Geographic. He tweets @DanSeifwrites, and lives in Singapore.

A caricature of the Berners Street Hoax by William Heath, 1810

Is “Swatting” Rooted in a Prank Craze from the 1800s?

Why did Georgian-era England go mad for dangerous hoaxes, and what can that mania tell us about today’s volatile, content-hungry world?
Tantalus

Tantalus, Pac-Man, and Unsated Hungers

What does a violent, ancient Greek myth reveal about our modern addiction to technology and the enduring power of stories?