Read every Stripe Press book in a year.
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A reading community for people who believe in progress. We're working through the entire Stripe Press catalogue: 19 books on technology, economics, science, and civilisation, with weekly discussions and a shared love of beautifully made books.
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Stripe Press publishes ideas for progress. Books about science, technology, economics, and the forces that shape civilisation. Their catalogue includes new ideas from established and emerging thinkers, alongside reimagined editions of enduring works with renewed relevance today. Every title is beautifully designed, intellectually ambitious, and made for curious, high-agency readers.
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Ideas about scaling, technology, and progress, applied to what you're building.
Economics, science, technology, history. If you read widely, you'll feel at home.
19 books feels ambitious. A structured schedule and a group makes it achievable.
Run by Leath Al Obaidi. Economist, reader, and builder of things on the internet. Currently working in regulatory finance at Smart DCC. Previously British Business Bank. SPE Council member. Loves Stripe Press books enough to start a club.
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