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Older people tend to be more conservative. They tend to have less energy/motivation and more to lose (partner, children, career, friends, house). Younger people

Older people tend to be more conservative. They tend to have less energy/motivation and more to lose (partner, children, career, friends, house). Younger people are more likely to take risks such as relocating or invest money and time in something that might well fail. This of course doesn't mean that you have to be conservative and unmotivated when you're older, but it's the trajectory the large majority take.

mgkimsal 13y ago
That's describing what is, not what the title claimed is needed. We need people to build inspiring things and take risks. The fact that many older people aren't in positions where's comfortable or easy to do doesn't mean that it's not needed. One could also make the argument that many 'older' people also tend have have more disposable income and savings to bootstrap their own ideas, have larger networks of people reach out to for connections, etc, and often may have many of their life stuff behind them (kids, house, etc). Therefore there's many older people who are in a better position to be risky than a young person. The 'risk' factor is all relative, of course, with people at different stages of life.
- a3voices 13y ago
  Maybe older people don't fit into the rockstar image as well.
thrush 13y ago
Perhaps you're right, but it is not the rule. Benjamin Franklin took risks and made positive contributions throughout his entire life.
- mgkimsal 13y ago
  and... it's really the 'rule breakers' the article is looking for, regardless of age.
mattmanser 13y ago
Younger people tend to be more conservative. They tend to have less energy/motivation due to greater social commitments and have much less capital to gamble (no savings, no assets, no skills to consult on the side with). This, of course, doesn't mean most young people have to be conservative when they're younger, just the vast majority will take a safe job to establish a career and set a business up when they're older, vastly more capable, with a much larger set of skills and able to take bigger risks.

mgkimsal 13y ago

That's describing what is, not what the title claimed is needed. We need people to build inspiring things and take risks. The fact that many older people aren't in positions where's comfortable or easy to do doesn't mean that it's not needed. One could also make the argument that many 'older' people also tend have have more disposable income and savings to bootstrap their own ideas, have larger networks of people reach out to for connections, etc, and often may have many of their life stuff behind them (kids, house, etc). Therefore there's many older people who are in a better position to be risky than a young person. The 'risk' factor is all relative, of course, with people at different stages of life.

a3voices 13y ago
Maybe older people don't fit into the rockstar image as well.

thrush 13y ago

Perhaps you're right, but it is not the rule. Benjamin Franklin took risks and made positive contributions throughout his entire life.

mgkimsal 13y ago
and... it's really the 'rule breakers' the article is looking for, regardless of age.

mattmanser 13y ago

Younger people tend to be more conservative. They tend to have less energy/motivation due to greater social commitments and have much less capital to gamble (no savings, no assets, no skills to consult on the side with). This, of course, doesn't mean most young people have to be conservative when they're younger, just the vast majority will take a safe job to establish a career and set a business up when they're older, vastly more capable, with a much larger set of skills and able to take bigger risks.