EA - FIRE and EA: Seeking feedback on "Fi-lanthropy" Calculator by Rebecca Herbst

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Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: FIRE & EA: Seeking feedback on "Fi-lanthropy" Calculator, published by Rebecca Herbst on January 30, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.REQUESTI am soliciting feedback on a tool I have made entitled “Fi-lanthropy Calculator”. The target audience includes existing or aspiring members of the FIRE movement (Financial Independence Retire Early). They may use this calculator to explore the impact of taking a giving pledge both to their FI timeline and their retirement portfolio.This tool is meant to be simple to use and easy to digest. It is not a comprehensive financial plan, but more so a way to ‘whet the appetite’ for giving in general. I view this tool as a companion to, say, The Life You Can Save’s Impact Calculator. We know this is not exact, but it’s a good place to see tangible examples of how much good you can do.I’d like to know:If you find this tool helpful and/or informativeIf you think it is missing anything crucial (keeping in mind I want to keep it relatively simple)If there are any major errors I’ve missedRATIONALEThere is a growing movement within the FIRE community of people who are focused on giving back and looking for ways in which they can successfully find financial independence but also create space to help others. This can be seen through the growing number of members in the Socially Conscious FIRE facebook group (now at ~9,000 members, up from

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