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You become more conservative when you stop learning.

For many people, this is the same as getting older - they leave school, they eventually let their passions dwindle, and they stop and say "I want it to stay exactly like it is now, and everything else is modern rubbish"

If you carry on learning about the world, loving, experiencing, following interests and passions, meeting new people, you'll still get old, but not more conservative.