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Field of Possibles: “Every man is defined negatively by the sum total of possibles…”

Field of Possibles: “Every man is defined negatively by the sum total of possibles…”. Conventional Wisdom.

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Field of Possibles: “Every man is defined negatively by the sum total of possibles…”

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  1. Field of Possibles: “Every man is defined negatively by the sum total of possibles…”

  2. Conventional Wisdom • -“We associate truth with convenience…with what most closely accords with self-interest and personal well being or promises best to avoid awkward effort or unwelcome dislocation of life. We also find highly acceptable what contributes most to self-esteem.” • conventional wisdom: simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting—though not necessarily true

  3. Critical Thought: “Characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment.” Thinking “outside the box”

  4. “The Black Disciples” Street Gang Individual Branch make-up:

  5. Black Disciples Statistics Monthly revenues for the third year: • Drug sales: $24,800 • Dues (rank and file): $5,100 • Extortionary taxes: $2,100 • Total monthly revenues: $32,500

  6. Black Disciples Statistics Monthly Costs for the third year: • Wholesale cost of drugs: $5,000 • Board of directors fee: $5,000 • Mercenary fighters: $1,300 • Weapons: $300 • Miscellaneous: $2,400 • Total monthly non-wage costs: $14,000

  7. Black Disciples Statistics Wages: • Three officers (combined): $2,100 • Foot soldiers (combined): $7,400 • Total wages (excluding JT): $9,500 • JT’s monthly wage was about $8,500 (about $100,000 per year) • Board of directors made roughly $500,000 per year each

  8. Black Disciples Statistics Black Disciples as a whole: • Top 20 bosses: $500,000 salary • Next 100 were gang leaders like JT, about $100,000 per year • The lowest (roughly 25,000 members, foot-soldiers and rank-and-file) made very little

  9. Black Disciples Statistics Statistics of working conditions for gang members, based on four years of employment: • Number of times arrested: 5.9 • Number of nonfatal injuries: 2.4 • Chance of being killed: 1 in 4 • Average hourly wage for foot soldiers: $3.60

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