The early modern concept of risk replaced fortuna as a general feature of life

Evidence

Only in early modern times did a new term (riesgo, rischio, risk) appear to indicate that unexpected results may be a consequence of our decisions, and not simply an aspect of cosmology, an expression of the hidden meanings of nature or the hidden intentions of God. This discovery of ‘risk’ as a general feature of life — roughly replacing what had previously been known as fortuna — does not facilitate the task of religion, but it adds another dimension to human experience. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1350

Categorization

• XREF: The risk/fortuna shift is the historical precondition for Hardin-type ‘trust at your own risk’ reasoning the reader is building toward. — connects to: Pre-modern life was itself fraught with anxiety and risk — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 254; Where risk is greatest, fatalism paradoxically returns — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 264; Fate returns as a psychological support in secular modern risk environments — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 323 (+1 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how exactly does the Greco-Roman fortuna-to-riesgo etymology map onto the shift from cosmology to technology in Luhmann’s telling?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1350

Broader Connections

• Pre-modern life was itself fraught with anxiety and risk #qualifies (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 254
• Fate returns as a psychological support in secular modern risk environments #expands (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 323
• Where risk is greatest, fatalism paradoxically returns #expands (0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 264
• Trust as a distinct social phenomenon emerged only under modern conditions of risk #expands (0.75)