Gallery: A Foolproof Solution for Saving the Earth: Shrink All Humans

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    Dutch artist Arne Hendriks has a brilliant plan for saving the world: shrink humans down to a size of 50 cm. *Image: Arne Hendriks*
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    The project, The Incredible Shrinking Man, is intended to get us to challenge our assumptions about why bigger is better. *Image: Arne Hendriks*
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    Shrinking would allow us to consume vastly fewer resources. (It would also give us tiny squirrel brains, but oh well.) *Image: Arne Hendriks*
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    It would transition us from a world of scarcity, the artist says, into one of abundance. *Image: Arne Hendriks*
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    The Incredible Shrinking Human Command Center. *Image: Arne Hendriks*
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