Involution, originally a sociological term, is a phenomenon discovered by Indonesian experts when studying rice cultivation. No matter how hard farmers try, they will get so much rice, but with the increase of family members, they will still be in a state of not having enough to eat. If there is no upward research and development like our academician Yuan Longping, and we are limited to this low-level effort, it is meaningless for us to work hard again. A sentence derived from this state is that when a social or cultural model reaches a certain form, this form will stagnate and it is difficult to transform into another high-level model, thus locking itself in a low-level state and repeating the cycle.
Simply put, involution refers to a form of internal competition, an irrational, repetitive and meaningless internal competition and loss. In other words, involution means that everyone is fighting for an existing cake instead of trying to make a new one.
I have seen a vivid metaphor, saying that the Sunflower Collection is a secret book of martial arts, and it can be invincible after it is won. Under normal circumstances, few people will practice this kind of abnormal cheats of self-harm. But what if this secret book is no longer a secret book, but made public and everyone can practice it?
If you don't practice, your enemy will practice, and your competitors will practice, and you will be in a position of being beaten. And if the whole people practice to become martial arts masters and there is no world-beater, then there is no profound place in this secret book. On the contrary, all people paid a heavy price for it, but no one benefited from it.
Now many things can be compared, and this phenomenon also exists in all fields of society.
Can't I attend the remedial classes for primary school students? Otherwise, other people's children will go to school. Learning results will be better than not learning well and losing at the starting line. If you go to school, look at the cram school in the office building now. The children who come and go have lost the joy that children deserve. The number of places in good schools will not change, there will still be so many places, and there will not be one more. All the people involved have lost their childhood that they can never come back.
I once saw a child who was forced to take classes by his mother in a calligraphy tutorial class and had a big fight with his mother. "Say, one Sunday, I was too sleepy to lift my head. I have to come. Okay, I'm coming. Are you satisfied? " She lay down to sleep by herself, and her mother stood silently behind her.
Nowadays, overtime is becoming more and more serious, and the brain drain is also very serious. Our boss found that when people left, the rest spent more time and energy under oppression. It turns out that one person can do the work done by two people. It was originally two people's wages, and I paid a share. If you have a problem, you can go. There are many people looking for jobs. So now there are fewer and fewer people in the unit, and those who do purchasing are also engaged in maintenance logistics. As soon as there is a project, they have to go to the scene to help, all kinds of omnipotent hands. Under this pressure, natural mobility is greater, forming an infinite cycle.
Some overtime work just delays the progress and wastes time, because everyone else works overtime, so you are out of line if you don't work overtime. If you do it quickly, it means that the work is rough or there is a lot of work assigned, so you are unwilling to join the ranks of this waste. This is also involution, and more and more people die of overwork. More and more middle-aged people have entered the ward, and more and more young people have lost their families because they have no time to take care of their families.
The conditions for recruiting personnel are becoming more and more demanding. It is clear that the work that can be completed with high school education is based on undergraduate, and the condition of undergraduate is postgraduate. People with high academic qualifications naturally have the same requirements for the company's conditions and salary. As a result, the company shouted that it was difficult to recruit people, and the candidates complained that it was difficult to find a job. Who can tell how much manpower, material resources and financial resources are wasted by unequal job requirements? Countries and families spend a lot of money to train talents, which may just waste time and energy on unequal jobs. The difficulty in finding jobs makes this situation more and more prominent.
This is the involution. Trapped in a small area, the living space is getting narrower and narrower. The argument of involution emphasizes the irrationality and necessity of self-consumption competition.
This reminds me of Lu Buxuan, the "butcher of Peking University" who made a sensation a few years ago. He was used as a negative textbook by the school for many years. Xi, Lu Buxuan, was poor when he was young. After graduating from Peking University, the work was not smooth, and I began to sell pork in the sea. After Lu Buxuan's story was exposed, Bobby Chen, a graduate of Peking University, sold pork in Guangzhou, and the two began to sell meat together to make brand pork that meets the demand of high-end pork. And with many years of slaughter experience, a butcher school was established to train professional butchers, which filled the gap in butcher professional schools and professional teaching materials. Of course, this has also brought them good economic benefits. In 20 15, "the first local pig" has become the first local pork brand in China with sales exceeding 10 billion.
Of course, the same examples are Duan Defeng, a graduate student from Peking University, and Xu Yi, a native of Jiangsu, who are determined to change the present situation in their hometown and seek happiness for their hometown. After graduating from technical secondary school, he was admitted to the university and a graduate student of Peking University Law School. He taught himself all kinds of knowledge about crayfish culture by means of rice and shrimp, and first did experiments in my uncle's rice field. After his success, he promoted it in his hometown, which promoted the large-scale development of crayfish industry and filled the market vacancy.
The visual impact was even more shocking when I saw Li, a woman in red who came from horseback. For the time being, whether her popularity is cultural export or business model operation, as far as she is concerned, she has grasped the embarrassment that people are trapped in reinforced concrete and the closeness and yearning for nature in everyone's heart. This self-sufficient life can make efforts that ordinary people can't do, making her a symbol of popularity. And embellish things quietly to show the culture of China, won the praise and recognition of * * * *.
When millions of graduates rush to Beishangguang and strive to be white-collar workers, and fall into this involution state, should we change our thinking and open up another secret realm? When hundreds of people take the exam in the establishment of a civil servant, is it necessary to break a solidified cycle and realize the importance of innovation?
There are plenty of opportunities in the vast rural areas. Can't you go back to your hometown to start a business and innovate agricultural products bases? Of course, we don't have to go to the countryside. Nowadays, with the rapid development of society and the emergence of new things, new industries are needed to adapt and maintain. The world is so big, there is always a more suitable value coordinate. Expand the competitive dimension of thinking. There is no need to crowd the wooden bridge with thousands of troops, or you will be squeezed off the bridge if you are not careful.
The involution itself has certain negativity, but it has found a breakthrough and found the difference in the same situation. Perhaps the initial process is difficult, but subtle knowledge will shine one day. I was born to be useful. Without me, someone will succeed!
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