What’s Good about Being Shorter

There's no doubt that taller, bigger people have many advantages in our society.They are more imposing, stronger, great athletes, and make more money.However, in our adoration of taller height, we have turned a blind eye on the many real benefits of smaller human size.As a result most short and average height people are unaware of the many inherent benefits related to their height.In proceeding with my exploration of the little know facts, I hope tall people can avoid taking my findings personally.After all, history has shown good and bad humans come in all sizes.In pointing out the advantages of shorter, smaller size, I am not denigrating tall or big individuals-my quarrel is with a future world population of billions of taller, bigger people who require enormous amounts of food, water, energy and natural resources.For example, an across the board reduction of 10% in height, while maintaining the same body proportions, would save enormous amounts of resources as discussed later.Thus, the question of whether tall or short is a desirable configuration for future humans depends on the relationship between height and human survival.