In other words, to survive we need to coevolve with our environment. Think about it. If 10 years ago you ignored learning what mobile phones are, you wouldn't just not know what these devices are and do. You would miss out on the myriad opportunities these devices have opened up—the constant connection to the internet and all the benefits that flow from it. The same is true in politics. The Red Queen Effect comes from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass where a young girl Alice, gets schooled by the Red Queen. Alice finds herself running faster and faster but staying in the same place. Out of confusion, she asks the Red Queen why the trees, bushes, and other things stay in the same places although they're running so fast. The Queen astounded by the question answers, "...it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!'"
The Red Queen Effect comes from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass where a young girl Alice, gets schooled by the Red Queen. Alice finds herself running faster and faster but staying in the same place. Out of confusion, she asks the Red Queen why the trees, bushes, and other things stay in the same places although they're running so fast. The Queen astounded by the question answers, "...it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!'"