[reginold]

Related to this, I wonder how the average age of HN readership has changed over time.

My guess is it has shifted towards an older audience continually since the beginning. To that end what new things are "against the order of things" today.

[citrin_ru]

I definitely see a change in me with age - when I was young I assumed everything newer is better by default and even disregarded evidence that newer is worse. Change for the sake of change was fun for me even if it was a regression at the end. I've tried as much of new software/technologies as I could and it helped me to become a professional but I would not trust a younger self to make business decisions - I would waste too much money on playing with new stuff.

I still open to new things I just more critical and skeptical - I want some evidence that the change will be positive.

> My guess is it has shifted towards an older audience continually since the beginning. To that end what new things are "against the order of things" today.

May be it has shifted but it seems to me NH audience on average still younger than me and more excited about new stuff.

[DoingIsLearning]

I am not sure the age has shifted that much with new users, but I do think that the breath of experts has changed. It shifted from technical ICs and startup entrepreneurs to basically anyone interested in new ideas and good discussion.

There are downsides but personally I think it is pretty cool to read the expert opinion of people completely outside my body of knowledge, Farmers, Neurologists, Chemical Engineers, etc.

[jareklupinski]

An engineer _very_ well over 35 taught me about server-less / Lambdas.

An engineer in their 20's keeps trying to get me to learn Lisp.

I think they meant the age you feel, not the amount of times the earth spun about the sun while you were around :)

[ngold]

At 42 I'm still pretty hip to the fun of change.

[falcolas]

Said using lingo older than yourself.