The Barn That Never Held Enough

In 2015, a Texas oil executive named Harold Hamm finalized one of the largest divorce settlements in American history — a check for $974. 8 million. His ex-wife initially rejected it. Nearly a billion dollars, and someone looked at it and said, "That's not enough." We laugh, but we understand the impulse perfectly. Every one of us has whispered some version of the same prayer: "Just a little more, and then I'll be satisfied."…