In short, involution is internal competition. The main reason for involution is limited resources and greater competition, which leads to the same goal, but the cost is higher.

Example: No one made up lessons at first. You have to get 650 points to get into Tsinghua, and you can only get into the top ten. Then one person goes to make up lessons, and others follow in order not to fall behind. In the end, everyone's ranking remained unchanged, but the score was increased to 700 points, and only the top ten could be admitted to Tsinghua.

This is the involution. Limited resources refer to "enrollment quota", while greater competition means "someone takes the initiative to make up lessons". "Those who can go to Tsinghua are still the same, but their scores are higher, so everyone spends extra time and money to make up lessons" is the result.

negative impact

Confusion about the future and the present has caused many college students to fall into involution. In 20 19, a survey conducted by Peking University Institute of Education showed that 29.2% of the undergraduates surveyed had neither a clear self-development plan nor independent academic participation, and 32.8% had a clear self-development goal orientation, but their actions lagged behind. In undergraduate colleges, nearly 42% students have no clear career plans for the future?