TouchStone Reads - April 2nd, 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... 

• Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. We are all losing out because of this (Our World in Data)

• Your 12 Good Years (Substack)

• Why Americans think other Americans are bad people: The rising mutual contempt in American life.  (The Argument)

• The moral risk of prediction markets for weather catastrophes (Aeon Essays)

• Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality (Our World in Data)

• Gillian Anderson…on why women over 50 are disappearing. (Salty language warning)

• Why the Dutch embrace floating homes (BBC)

• And guess who’s drowning in debt – since 1882? (Instagram)

• These animals can cause big trouble. Why are states unleashing them by the millions? Many states are flooding their waterways with them. (Vox)

• 'One of the harshest places on Earth': The 1960s green 'Utopia' that tried to reinvent the world (BBC)

• Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching the U.S. off guard (NPR)

• VAN GOGH ART COMPILATION Don McLean…. “Starry, Starry Night” Animation (From Gallery of Motion)

What are you reading or listening to?