... it is very much that old age isn't an excuse to not be curious and to not /keep learning/. My thoughts exactly. I've worked with older people who lost the

... it is very much that old age isn't an excuse to not be curious and to not /keep learning/. My thoughts exactly. I've worked with older people who lost the curiosity to keep learning about new developments in their field many years ago, and I've worked with older people who have retained their curiosity. I find in a functioning workplace, the former are often relegated to what is jokingly referred to at my current workplace as "special projects", which is code for "soon to be shown the door", the latter are very highly valued.