links for 2008-05-30

• The Power of the Marginal — Why does innovation come from the edge?
  Because at the center are adverse selection, the excessive scope, the risk averseness, the need to seem serious, the weight of expectations, the power of vested interests, the undiscerning audience, and the tendency to feel duty rather than pleasure.
  (tags: article business innovation startup paulgraham creativity economics risk margin)