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I Eat the Stars

How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World The International Bestseller

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I Eat the Stars

By: Sarah Wilson
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From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson comes a deeply moving, wise guide to finding joy and meaning in a world that seems to be falling apart.

Things are not going back to ‘normal’. How we choose to live will shape the next era.

“A book for dark times that is filled with light and hope.”— Peter Frankopan

It's hard to escape the feeling that something is deeply wrong . . . that life has become precariously off-balance. We are hit hourly with headlines about catastrophic wildfires, unprecedented flooding, record heat waves, collapsing democracies, AI and nuclear threat, rising economic inequality, widespread unrest and more. In I Eat the Stars, Sarah Wilson argues we are undergoing what every complex civilisation before us has - systemic collapse.

I Eat the Stars is the brave new global book that explores what life might look like when the systems we rely on begin to fail, and how we can avoid succumbing to doom and despair. Drawing on years of research and wisdom from more than 200 conversations with energy futurists, philosophers, economists, the leading existential risk experts, game theorists, and spiritual leaders, Wilson explores:

· Why confronting the reality of collapse gives us clarity and agency, and brings us back to what matters to us at human level
· What the ‘tech bros’ are doing and why they are building AI they say will kill us
· How to plan for an uncertain future – do we have kids? Do we become preppers?
· What do we actually need to be doing now (because no one else seems to have a plan!)

With her warm, incisively intelligent, and down-to-earth voice, and told through her renegade experiences, Wilson empowers readers to move beyond panic in the face of a dark and uncertain future. This is a guide to living with truth, purpose, justice, and creativity, helping us to step up as “warriors of the human spirit” and meet the moment.

I Eat the Stars is a book for anyone who feels despair when thinking of the future; Wilson confronts our collective anxieties head-on, finding beauty, meaning, and humanity despite the chaos.
We are experiencing a future that we were warned about for decades. But from a crisis comes stunning possibility.

“Straight to the beating heart of what we all need to hear.” — Liam Neeson
“Chilling and important” — Johann Hari
"If we can keep Sarah Wilson and David Attenborough forever, there will always be beacons of possibility to guide us." — Lena Headey Environment Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Science Economic Inequality
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The message I fundamentally agree with and people need to be more aware of and ready for, therefore, this is an important book. However,

I struggled with the repeated focus on the author’s own personal spiritualism and evangelism about how she is choosing to cope with the hard facts of the future of the earth.

There’s also a little too much showing off about the famous people she is friends with and how well she’s doing as well as too much encouragement to “wail” at the reality… but I think it’s just a personality clash between hers and mine.

But, yeah, listen to it just to realise how near the collapse of civilisation is, and then make up your own mind about the other stuff x

An important message with martyr-like evangelicalism.

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How to even describe a book that at once horrifies, nurtures and inspires hope, while also telling us hope is extinct. Amazing writing. Thank you Sarah Wilson for sharing your thoughts about collapse and a way forward.

Finding a way forward through our current end times

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Sarah clearly informs the listener about why climate action remains important, but how past inaction means that communities need to adapt and become climate resilient. It empowers the listener to let go of the weight and focus on real impacts in your own life and communities. Witty and open narration. A tough but joyful listen.

A weight has been lifted

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This book acts as a sorely needed medium for collapse awareness to the mainstream. Well researched and compelling.

Finally, the book I've been waiting for

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I live in West Cornwall, UK, immersed in nature and watching the fragility and fakeness of our commercial global systems destroy our environment in real time. Everything Sarah writes in this book about collapse - the letting go, the building community, the loving readiness for what is coming next resonates so deeply. It feels like I have already heard all that she says here, nodding my head the whole way through! But her words serve to give more strength and shape to a 'knowing' that so many of us feel. The quiet revolution has already begun.

She captures the zeitgeist perfectly

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