Effective Altruism Calculator

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## What is the idea
Effective Altruism borrows some quantitative analysis techniques from disciplines like economics for evaluating the impact of different activities. It would be wonderful to have a user-friendly calculator for quickly evaluating and comparing different activities. I was envisioning something like [this fantastic calculator for evaluating whether to rent or buy](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html)

## Why
> "Effective altruism is about answering one simple question: how can we use our resources to help others the most?
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> Rather than just doing what feels right, we use evidence and careful analysis to find the very best causes to work on."

-- https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

This tool could simplify the ability to quickly estimate the impact of different activities so more people will be able to use these techniques to guide what they do.

## Potential Partner(s)?
- [Effective Altruism Colorado](https://www.meetup.com/Effective-Altruism-Colorado/)
- [Centre for Effective Altruism](https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/)
- [Other organizations listed on effectivealtruism.org](https://www.effectivealtruism.org/organizations/)

## Additional Background Context
The book _Doing Good Better_ outlines five guiding questions for evaluating the effectiveness of different activities/organizations. These questions could provide a guideline for this work:
- How many, and by how much?
- Is this the most effective thing that can be done?
- Is this area neglected?
- What would happen otherwise?
- What are the chances of success, and how good would it be?

Here are some inspirations/references:
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html
- https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/Impact-Calculator
- https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/get-involved/how-rich-am-i/
- https://effectivealtruism.org.au/impact
- http://effective-altruism.com/ea/14a/using_a_spreadsheet_to_make_good_decisions_five/
- https://www.payitforward.foundation/pages/evaluating-charities-using-qalys

## Details
_Champion_: Willy
_Repo_: https://github.com/codefordenver/effective-altruism-calculator
_Waffle Board_: https://waffle.io/codefordenver/effective-altruism-calculator