Even if it's not rarer for old people, a lot of people have the perception that it is. What's wrong with being inspired by an example that runs counter to that

Even if it's not rarer for old people, a lot of people have the perception that it is. What's wrong with being inspired by an example that runs counter to that perception? It's pretty harsh to say that the poster is intolerant of older people because he expects fewer of them to have the startup mentality. At the very worst, it's just naive.