Daily Bafflements

/ David Jones

• Oh good heavens, Boston now has a “Startup Czar.”

• The Apple Watch is fueling our class anxieties, while Apple’s CEO is fueling all of our other anxieties.

• Wikipedia, along with eight other organizations, is suing the NSA over the mass surveillance of its readers. Jimmy Wales and Lila Tretikov from the Wikimedia Foundation explain why. (Via the FJP Media Lab.)

• Today in Billionaires: They’re just like us!

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