From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

In Silicon Valley, do grown-ups have a chance?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Mark Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook at age 23, famously told an audience, young people are just smarter.

And Zuckerberg just paid $2 billion for Oculus founded by Palmer Lucky at 21.

One cosmetic surgeons says 28-year-olds are getting Botox injections to look younger during

startup presentations to venture capitalists their own age. Is ageism all that pervasive in the

tech world? Are some white men learning what's all too familiar to women, ethnic minorities,

and the disabled? Today's talking point, two years in an Iranian prison for American hikers.

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Hello again, Mormon Al-Nalny, back with To The Point. The multi-billion dollar winners and losers in Silicon Valley are being accused of age discrimination?

Does the preference for youth end up stifling innovation?

Is it any different from biases based on race or gender or disability?

Today's talking point, we'll hear from Shane Bauer, one of three American hikers,

who co-authored a book about stumbling into Iran and spending years in prison and including time

in solitary confinement. First is news update in August. There were 40 licensed abortion providers

in the state of Texas. By September, it's expected there will be six. That's partly because of

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