Most advantages of being tall are based on peer perception, which is always behind the curve. The trend is that it's no longer as advantageous to be tall, just

Most advantages of being tall are based on peer perception, which is always behind the curve. The trend is that it's no longer as advantageous to be tall, just like it's no longer as advantageous to be strong, or to be able to run fast. In an information economy world, and with increasing global population, being more efficient on a per-human basis, being more intelligent, will become more important factors than the more archaic advantages like strength and traits of physical dominance. Advantageous like "people look up to tall people" are based on perception, and perception changes. For example more people used to like slightly chubby girls, and now our perception puts attractiveness at thin girls. However things like "smaller people consume less energy" or "smaller people live longer" are fundamental and if those advantages are conducive to the future then that's where the curve guiding perception is heading. Other examples of changing perceptions are: small feet in China, large butts in Florida. It took some time, but eventually people realized that small feet bore no real advantages and perception changed. And as most people have no choice in their height, arguing for/against a certain height is not much more different than arguing why certain races/cultures are better/worse.