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In conversation: Dave Murphy and Tom Murphy – can modernity survive planetary limits? - resilience

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In a wide-ranging exchange, physicist Tom Murphy and energy scholar Dave Murphy explore the tension between optimism and planetary limits, debating whether modernity can endure or must give way to something entirely new.

Society featured In conversation: Dave Murphy and Tom Murphy – can modernity survive planetary limits? By Tom Murphy , David Murphy , Ben McCall , originally published by Planetary Limits Academic Network April 23, 2026 This interview brings together Dave Murphy, an energy transition scholar, and physicist Tom Murphy, both founders of the Planetary Limits Academic Network (PLAN). Across this series of discussions conducted by fellow founder Ben McCall, they explore a range of themes on the converging crises reshaping our world, including the polycrisis, ecological overshoot and the strengths a

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