TouchStone Reads - August 7th, 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... 

• Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. (TechCrunch)

• How China Won the Iran War (Paul Krugman)

• Obligatory one month without social media on my phone substack essay (contrarian edition) (the late review)

• No, You Don’t Want to Time Travel (Douglas Giles)

• Why were The Beatles rejected by most record companies? (YouTube)

• Can good luck be learned? (The Guardian)

• RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak (The Guardian)

• Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?! (Be Giant)

• Hybrid Economics on the economics of extreme heat (Half Macro Half Climate)

• What should you do with your digital photos after you die? (Popular Science)

• The Key CEO Traits Investors Are Missing (Kara Swisher - YouTube)

• Most used social platforms (Source: Morgan Stanley)
  

What are you reading or listening to?