The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States

"Other studies, especially in the areas of agriculture and medicine, have also shown organizational size to be a strong correlate of innovation.'6 Given these results from prior studies in other fields we might expect to find that the larger, wealthier states, those with the most developed industrial economies and the largest cities, would have the highest innovation

scores. "

        What this section of the article is trying to explain is how the more wealthy, and largely populated states are able to accept innovations, or "New Ideas," quickly than those of smaller states, or less industrialized areas. This is most likely due to the fact that if an area is extremely wealthy, and has a dense population, then there are many disparate ideas and controversies which allow the state/city itself to go through new innovations, whether it is for education, economics, or society itself. 

        The reason as to why I chose this excerpt from the article, is because I'm interested in the fact that change can differ between states. What I mean by that is how some wealthy states can accept new ideas, methods, etc. while other states can only go through innovations to a certain degree. Regardless of the fact that not all states go through large innovations, I like the idea of wealthy areas, or areas targeted towards medicine and agriculture undergoing innovations because it really benefits the population and I believe that someday many of the states that are currently not going through the process will change themselves.