It might well be that older people have realised that in a lot of settings innovation is not wanted or rewarded, i.e., impulse for innovation is suppressed. I

It might well be that older people have realised that in a lot of settings innovation is not wanted or rewarded, i.e., impulse for innovation is suppressed. I also encounter a lot of structurally conservative young people, in certain settings more so than older people (corporate strategy, for example).