The recent spectacle of the legal wrangling of some Atlanta taxi drivers over whether a few were to get 2 million or the many 1 million dollars each, both being boggling windfalls, can be fruitful regarding the dangers of riches. I notice this tendency in myself, for the more money I have, the greater the value of the money presses on me. In contrast I have seen outbursts of great generosity among the homeless and frightened women with children in an emergency shelter, people with practically nothing. If these taxi drivers had thought of themselves as a community, as much as its predication upon gambling might be regretted by some, then all who are part of that community, regardless of their participation in a given game, would share without need for court of law. “The love of money is the root of all evil.”*

[* This last sentence was deleted by the editors in the published version.]