TLDR
Calculators to show the value of different microunits, ala microcovid
Inspiration
From https://forecasting.substack.com/p/2022-01:
Create a microcovid (a) or foodimpacts (a) but for other areas, like micro-marriages, micro-insights, micro-dooms, etc. Do this in a way that easily allows the creation of many of these calculators.
Microcovid: 1/1,000,000 chance of catching covid
Examples
Micromarriage: 1/1,000,000 chance of getting married
Micromort: 1/1,000,000 risk of death from common activities (driving, eating bad food) and positive micromorts from exercise
Microjob: 1/1,000,000 risk of employment
Microharvard: 1/1,000,000 chance of getting accepted by an elite institution
Microcarbon: carbon emissions
Micromurder: chance of accidentally causing someone else’s death
Microdepression/Microsuicide: Things that hurt your own mental health
Microcruelty: Amount of harm done by eating meat
Names
- Micro
- Micron
- Microunit
- MicroCalc
- Microscope (microsco.pe is available for $60)
- Also micro.sc/ope
Ideas
- Set a price on a marriage/mortality and figure out what different actions are worth in dollar amounts