Ulrich Beck, Sociologist Who Warned of Dangers of Technology, Is Dead at 70

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Mr. Beck shot to fame in 1986 with his book “Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity,” which argued that technology had also created new risks in spheres ranging from ecology to finance.







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