"You get more conservative when you get older" only really worked for the generations that got RICHER as they got older.
The real truth was always just "You get more selfish the more money you have".

@cmconseils The older people become the more they conserve the believes and concepts they were exposed to in their youth by their culture and home. Look's like that's a biological imposition. Same goes for doubling down on behavior, tactic's that "worked out".

Depending on the societies and the goal's they propose this "worked out" may vary.