The older, the wiser...
You should indeed never trust anyone over 50 if you're out for quick profits from existing, yet virtually outdated products (e.g. the traditional motorcar or family house).
Older inventors have the experience and knowledge to invent products that are way ahead of their times -- should this be a reason to discard them?
I'm 70, and 30 years ago I invented a revolutionary rotary-wing concept -- hence I like the metaphor of the caterpillar transforming into a butterfly in the secrecy of the cocoon, a solitary process called metamorphosis...
It takes 20 days from caterpillar to butterfly, yet 20 years at least from motorcar to personal aircraft...
Are you irresponsible enough to think we can get humanity out of the mud without that kind of metamorphoses?