Could Downsizing Be Real?

Shrinking humans like they do in 'Downsizing' is actually somewhat possible — and not such a bad idea. The movie "Downsizing" imagines a world where a small percentage of the population elects to shrink themselves to 5 inches tall. In the downsized world, people are richer, and their environmental footprint is smaller.

How big are the people in downsizing?

Jørgen Asbjørnsen invents "downsizing", an irreversible process that shrinks people to a height of five inches (12.7 cm); he and his wife Anne-Helene become part of the first human test subjects once the process is proven safe and demonstrate it to the world.

What is the point of the movie downsizing?

Downsizing posits a future in which humans can choose to shrink themselves to approximately 5in in height. It's sold as the ultimate in environmental altruism. But the main reason? “Smalls” get to live in luxury and privilege in well-appointed gated (and insect-netted) miniature communities.