I think anger is never a good emotion, unless you're in physical danger. I'm sure anger can be extremely effective at social change. But i worry that these changes, since they're based on outrage, just generate more outrage from the other side. Instead of creating a lasting solution, it's going to have some long term problem. So my i find that curiosity is a better spark for me than anger.
How much of life can be solved by algorithms, and how much just can't be solved? Listen as A.J. Jacobs, author of The Puzzler, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the lessons he learned from solving every kind of puzzle imaginable, including the biggest stumper of all: what it really means to be a human being.