TouchStone Reads - March 20th, 2026

We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun - for weekend reading. Below are some from this week - pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy... 

• YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started. YouTube has surpassed traditional television in viewership across sports, late night, and comedy - and the gap is widening fast. (Hollywood Reporter)

• Pew Research asked people in 25 countries to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

• The right way to be a scientific contrarian: Being a skeptic is important. Being a crank is not. Here’s how to tell the difference. Not everyone accepts the scientific consensus; some even make careers out of challenging it. But only a select few do it the right way. (Big Think)

• As AI Threatens Certain Jobs, How Will It Impact the Housing Market? If white-collar workers start earning less - or stop earning altogether - that has real consequences for housing demand. (Housing Notes)

• Prices for New Cars Have Soared. Here’s One Big Reason Why. Tariffs, supply chain friction, and regulatory costs keep pushing sticker prices higher. (Reuters)

• Who is artist Banksy? Unmasking the elusive street artist (BBC)

• Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years: The House of Lords finally evicts members whose qualification for lawmaking is having the right great-great-great-grandfather. Better seven centuries late than never. (PBS)

• How the Housing Market Split in Two: The housing market has fractured into haves and have-nots, with affordability varying wildly by region. (Agglomerations)

• Britannica and Merriam-Webster take OpenAI to court over training data, adding to the growing pile of copyright litigation that will ultimately define what AI companies can and can’t scrape. (Reuters)

• Satellite Firm Pauses Imagery After Revealing Iran’s Attacks on US Bases: Planet Labs stops publishing satellite imagery of US bases hit by Iranian strikes to avoid giving adversaries battle damage assessments - the tension between transparency and operational security in real time. (Ars Technica)

• Why ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did (David Oks) 

• “Retirement Plan” (2026 Oscar Nominee) | The New Yorker (YouTube)

• This post of Life's great Moments (Instagram)

• Significant Increase in the Number of Objects Launched Into Space (Source: Apollo Academy)
  

What are you reading or listening to?