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Not always. Here is Isao Takahata [1]:

“The response was different depending on which film was shown first. My Neighbor Totoro would make them happy, then this Grave of the Fireflies… Those who saw Totoro first didn’t want to see Fireflies to the end. Those who saw Fireflies first didn’t have that problem, and stayed to the end. The double featuring was a problem, I’d say.”

[1] http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/grave/faq.html#totoro

Vickrey Auction 3 years ago

A Vickrey auction is what effectively happens when bidders “snipe” on eBay.

Garum Masala 3 years ago

Even the name of the island itself derives from Sanskrit: dvipa-sakhadara means the “Island of Bliss.”

Foreign Sailors on Socotra: The Inscriptions and Drawings from the Cave Hoq (a book mentioned in the article) refers to this as an “academic myth” and suggests that the island’s name is of South Arabian origin.

From “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin [1]:

“The National Parks present another instance of the working out of the tragedy of the commons. At present, they are open to all, without limit. The parks themselves are limited in extent—there is only one Yosemite Valley—whereas population seems to grow without limit. The values that visitors seek in the parks are steadily eroded. Plainly, we must soon cease to treat the parks as commons or they will be of no value to anyone.”

He includes a lottery in his list of possible solutions.

[1] https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3859.1243