The existance of all these wonderful modules of code, which make life so easy in perl seem to be stifling innovation and the acceptance of new ideas.

I have to strongly disagree with your statement!
Rather than to reinvent the wheel it makes sense to build upon the achievements of other people so as to advance science, software, or what-have-you to even higher levels. If we hadn't built upon history's inventions then we would still live in the Stone Age.

Perl modules is a splendid mechanism to capture those achievements in a flexible way so that everyone can contribute and benefit.

If you feel that people stick to certain existing modules, well there's a good reason for it: they have been used and tested, enhanced, and therefore can provide a reliable basis to build from.

If that doesn't work for you? Heh no problem, you always have the option to create a new stack of modules that suits your needs.

Just don't blame Perl for innovation problems!