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I think it's a question of whether an individual in our "instant" society is motivated to invest the toil and effort to produce a work as brilliant as LOTR, not whether anyone alive not is capable of it.
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Very, very good point Greyhavener! Unfortunately, you are all too correct. Many people do not want to put the time and the blood, sweat, and tears into something to make it worthwhile and amazing. Even in simple things, like homework for instance, some people do not want to put effort into it because "it takes too long." Personally, when people say something like that to me, I get very agitated with them. I have little patience for people who think that everything must be done quickly. I will admit that I like things to go quickly, but I do not like it at all when people will not put time and effort into things that require time and effort.
In the world today, there is a huge number of people who are wonderful writers. They could be the next Poe, the next Shakepeare, or the next Tolkien. But a vast majority of them want to get "out there" and "make a name" for themselves. They have the abilities to create something wonderful, but they do not have the patience to work at it for umpteen years. So maybe all this "instant" stuff is a good thing, but if it is affecting us-- all of us-- to the point where we cannot even think about working at something for sixty years, then maybe it isn't so great as it is made out to be. Just a thought.
On the discussion of whose opinion is better: Michelanglo's (sp?) or the truck driver's, I would say neither. A person must, as a person, decide upon what they think themselves. They might be influenced by the opinion of Michelanglo--but what if they have never heard of Michelanglo? Then how would one's opinion be influenced? If someone knows little about art, he may be inclined to agree with Michelanglo out of trust in a famed artist's ideas. Or he may go with the truck driver's ideas because he can relate to a common man better.
And for those people appalled by my school board: They have read Tolkien, which prompted them to ban all his works from school grounds. I have recently found out that they plan to cut Latin next year. Wonderful, is it not, that so many of the programs that promote knowledge of kinds other than computers, math, and science are demolished today because of our technological society?