Media Law Blog Eight

   Considering the implications of diffusion, when considered with ideas, is genuinely fascinating. There is almost a cycle with the diffusion of ideas through history. Good and bad ideas repeat generation to generation, and over time the mood of the public sways. It is impossible for people to settle on one core idea or concept. They may slowly diffuse through the crowd, the majority gradually taking on the idea, but there will always be a minority dissenting. Eventually, with time and new generations, that minority might become the majority, and the cycle would continue. The only way for it to end would be to have the global population reach a consensus on a single idea. This could happen but the likely hood is slim at best. 

Take gay relationships for an example; hundreds of years ago in Rome, they accepted it as a general practice alongside normal relationships. This existed for hundreds of years as Rome continued to rule. Rome fell, though, and with it, the public opinion gradually turned against same sex relationships. This could be tied to the rise of new religions or ideals, but in the end, same-sex relationships were no longer acceptable. Now, in the age of information, ideas such as gay marriage can gain greater traction and become a global movement. It maintains the cycle of diffusion. Three hundred years from now, the cycle may break, and same-sex relationships might never become taboo again, but the future is vague and imprecise.