Being large has even more advantages. The world is much smaller (scientific progress metaphor). More resources needed per person (bigger economy). Everything will be built way more roomy. Can ride polar bears, maybe dinosaurs.
The desire to be smaller doesn’t stem from a place of rationality.
One proposal I haven’t seen among transhumanists is to make humans small (minus brain size).
Besides some transitionary costs, being small seems to have a whole lot of advantages.
The world is much larger
Fewer resources needed per person
Everything will be way more roomy all of a sudden. Beds, bedrooms, houses, etc.
Can ride dogs, maybe cats on occasion.
I imagine we might be able to get to a 50% reduction within 200 years if we were really adamant about it.
Not as interesting as brain-in-jar or simulation, but a possible stepping stone if other things take a while.
This is one of the most believable misunderstood-supervillian plots I could get sucked into.
Being large has even more advantages. The world is much smaller (scientific progress metaphor). More resources needed per person (bigger economy). Everything will be built way more roomy. Can ride polar bears, maybe dinosaurs.
The desire to be smaller doesn’t stem from a place of rationality.
The movie Downsizing is about this.