{"id":2808,"date":"2021-08-18T20:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T03:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2021-08-18T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T03:26:56","slug":"showhack-number-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/showhack-number-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Showhack Number 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" data-attachment-id=\"2810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/showhack-number-2\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944.jpg?fit=2000%2C1176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1176\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-brian-lazo-9160944\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944.jpg?fit=1024%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944.jpg?resize=1024%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944.jpg?resize=1024%2C602&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-brian-lazo-9160944.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I shared a showhack and I didn&#8217;t call it a showhack, but let&#8217;s be honest. That&#8217;s what it was. Emotion. Showbiz hack #2 Immediacy \/ recency. We can make things better by making them happen nowish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I saw this guy a week ago&#8221; is not as good as &#8220;I saw this guy outside&#8221; or, &#8220;I see this guy right here&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We experience things in stories, and we absorb stories because they share survival information with us. What survival information is most useful to us? The most current survival information. This game is about finding how to make something happen now. The bomb is not in the tundra somewhere. The bomb is not on it&#8217;s way. The bomb is in the room, people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I shared a showhack and I didn&#8217;t call it a showhack, but let&#8217;s be honest. That&#8217;s what it was. Emotion. Showbiz hack #2 Immediacy \/ recency. 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