> Older people are less innovative Well, maybe you are just speaking for yourself or your peer group. I would be a little more inclusive in my terminology and

> Older people are less innovative Well, maybe you are just speaking for yourself or your peer group. I would be a little more inclusive in my terminology and more likely to say "The average person can be less innovative after they have aged excessively." One of the interesting things about natural-born innovators is that they are very seldom average people. > Everyone starts out at a relatively low level, rises to a max and then decline as they age When it comes to native innovative ability, it starts out at a relatively high level, is capable of growing exponentially over time, and only declines in growth rate AFTER the subject has aged excessively. Innovation itself is one of the extreme cases where the only viable substitute for starting early and decades of experience, is to have a windfall of good fortune. Which is why most innovation occurs due to a windfall of good fortune rather than the result of a goal being reached as planned.