每日一詞|走出“內(nèi)卷”的怪圈

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沒有實質(zhì)意義的消耗都可稱為“內(nèi)卷”，例如：將簡單問題復(fù)雜化，低水平的模仿和復(fù)制，以及毫無意義的精益求精。

In Chinese, the word “involution (neijuan)”, which is composed of two characters: “inside” and “rolling,” refers to a process in which it is necessary to constantly surpass others. The participants trapped in such a process know they won’t benefit from it.

漢語中的“內(nèi)卷”一詞，由“內(nèi)部”和“卷動”兩個字組成，表示一種需要不斷超越他人的過程。受困于這一過程的人知道自己將從中一無所獲。

The concept of involution was first used by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1906 – 2006) in his summary of the agricultural economy of Java Island. The “involution” the scholars spoke about and the one used nowadays are very different. But they all convey a sense of “lacking significant progress, and coming up to a dead end.”

美國人類學(xué)家Clifford Geertz（1906 – 2006）在總結(jié)爪哇島的農(nóng)業(yè)經(jīng)濟時最早使用“內(nèi)卷”這個概念。學(xué)者們所討論的“內(nèi)卷”和這個詞現(xiàn)在的含義有很大不同，不過都有“缺少明顯進步，以走向死胡同告終”的意思。

Involution has recently become a popular buzzword. A lot of people – be they takeout delivery drivers or computer programmers at big tech companies – complain that their work is “too involuted.”

最近，“內(nèi)卷”成了一個時髦詞。不管是外賣送餐員還是在科技巨頭公司工作的計算機程序員，很多人都在抱怨自己的工作“過于內(nèi)卷化”了。