I'm old and I fire people who try to innovate in my company with new technical ideas seems like a weak argument. If you don't care about new technology and wou

I'm old and I fire people who try to innovate in my company with new technical ideas seems like a weak argument. If you don't care about new technology and would rather focus on your owns hockey, that is fine, but please don't go on the attack(1). It demotivates people who want to innovate with new "clever shit" 1. It was not a direct attack, but I would consider making a point against something then purposely ignoring an experts defense in at least the same category