As others have mentioned, the basic idea that angry people innovate more smacks of a first-world mentality: there are many places in the world where people are

As others have mentioned, the basic idea that angry people innovate more smacks of a first-world mentality: there are many places in the world where people are far angrier than in the US, yet most of are so far removed from being centers of innovation that people scarcely even dream of innovation coming out of them anymore. But they do say that necessity is the mother of invention, and so perhaps it's more a matter of finding the balance point: supporting people to the point that innovation seems possible, but not doing everything for them to the point that innovation seems unnecessary.