Popular Musician Elton John has suggested that the Internet be shut down for five years as a means towards seeing "what sort of art is produced over that span". Elton's view is that the Internet has been killing creativity, which is the opposite of most perceptions:


Despite all this he still somehow managed to get his entire back catalogue online for paid downloads, perhaps it hasn't been selling? So yes, let’s all gang up and shut down the Internet plummeting the world into poverty and an economic crisis, genius.

It’s a wonder nobody thought of that before and it would even solve ISP congestion problems. More @ VNUNet.