Both Uses of
flux
in
Ender's Game
- This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is in flux and the right voice in the right place can move the world.
p. 116.9 *flux = a state of change
- The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.
p. 118.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(flux) constant change
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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