Involution refers to the stagnation of human society after its development to a certain stage and its inability to advance to a higher stage of development. Social involution means that after a period of development, there is no sudden development or gradual development, and the society is in a state of continuous replication and refinement. With the development of society, the scale of human society is getting bigger and bigger, and the management functions of human society are also increasing. In order to meet the material and cultural needs of human growth, the functions of the management department are further refined and the structure is more and more complex. Although social involution can alleviate social contradictions and promote social stability in a short time. But if this development continues for a long time, it will cause greater social risks. Involution is a phenomenon of self-consumption and self-replication that stays at a simple level for a long time.

This phenomenon is also very common in today's society. For example, we often encounter overtime at work now, but there was no overtime in the previous work environment. Some people are forced to work overtime because of inefficiency, but the management of the company began to pay attention to the working status of overtime. They think that overtime can greatly improve productivity, so overtime has formed industry and even industry rules. This phenomenon is caused by the refined development after the stagnation of human development.

There is also a social phenomenon caused by social involution. This social phenomenon is students' extracurricular tutoring. There was no extracurricular tutoring in the original education. However, some parents look for extra-curricular teachers to make up lessons in order to make their children's grades more outstanding. After counseling, the children's grades have been greatly improved, and other parents have joined the ranks of make-up classes. The final result is that everyone thinks that extracurricular tutoring is a necessary means to improve academic performance.

Social involution can be said to have both good and bad aspects for human development, but with the development of human beings, this phenomenon will definitely be solved.