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IN his presidential address to the British Association, at Blackpool, Sir Josiah Stamp pointed out that society and its institutions should now be learning that change is a continuous function, and that meeting it requires the development of an appropriate technique. This passage in which Sir Josiah pleads for the development of social shock absorbers and accommodating mechanisms to assist in the transition and to minimize the disturbances to social relations and institutions arising from the application of scientific discoveries, is immediately recalled by the third report of the Commissioner for the Special Areas (England and Wales), which has now been presented to Parliament.
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The Social Opportunity in the Special Areas. Nature 139, 1–3 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139001a0
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