TouchStone Reads - August 28th, 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... 

• The choices we make about AI now are critical (Bill Gates)
• Mark Cuban wants to solve wealth inequality by making employers choose between paying higher taxes or giving every member of staff company stock: “The way you’re going to reduce income inequality for anybody who works with somebody is making sure they get shares of stock and then they benefit.” (Yahoo Finance)
• Yuval Noah Harari sketches what the future actually looks like (YouTube)
• Scroll through photos of nature's Spider-Man lizard (Moss & Fog)
• Visualizing the price of happiness by country (Visual Capitalist) 
• How Americans view capitalism, socialism, and free enterprise (Gallup)
• Picture-takers get fresh photo ideas and a mesmerizing flight wall (Instagram)
• I coached Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. This is what made them different. Paul Annacone, who had Sampras from 1995 to 2002 and Federer from 2010 to 2013, on what separated two players at the top of the same sport. (The Athletic)
• Video of the day: Why Taylor Swift Caused an Economic Boom…And FIFA Didn’t… (YouTube)
• China’s BYD Is Taking Over the World’s Shipping Lanes — And Nobody Knows (YouTube)
• Countries ranked by the number of paid days off (Mental Floss)
• Waves off the Portuguese town of Nazaré can reach 100 feet (1440)
• The rise of the Premier League jersey economy (Reuters)

What are you reading or listening to?