Software engineers from big tech firms like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are paying at least $75,000 to get 3 inches taller, a leg-lengthening surgeon says
www.businessinsider.com
The surgeon breaks the patients' thigh bones and inserts nails that are extended with a magnetic remote control every day for three months, GQ said.

Sweet man-made horrors beyond my comprehension.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Looking is certainly a factor but it's hard to isolate. Being tall correlates with better nutrition during childhood, which also correlates with having well-off parents. Not only that, but there's a link between good nutrition and intellectual development, which means even if capitalism was strictly meritocratic (which it absolutely isnt), there could still theoretically be more tall people in charge.

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Idk how I feel about the good nutrition being taller equals intellectual development. What about people who live in parts of the world where they tend to be shorter because of environmental conditions? Being tall where I live is a quick way to get killed by a jaguar. I can see that kind of thinking quickly leading to race science.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Nutrition is only one of many factors, which is part of why it's so hard to isolate variables and study this shit.

        Sometimes you can see this in the same population over time as people get better access to food. IIRC the average height in China has been rising for a while now, most likely due to better nutrition.