definition of a scared, closed minded "Luddite". 

Looking ahead to future applications of electronics, he grew even gloomier. He believed that "electron physiologists" would eventually be able to monitor and analyze "thought or brain waves," allowing "joy and grief [to] be measured in definite, quantitative units." Ultimately, he concluded, "a professor may be able to implant knowledge into the reluctant brains of his 22nd-century pupils. What terrifying political possibilities may be lurking there! Let us be thankful that such things are only for posterity, not for us."

Why "reluctant" brains. Imagine learning the keyboard, Chinese, braille, world history and physics while you sleep. Sleep learning has been a dream for centuries. But it scares this guy because of the political implications.  I'd take my chances if it meant playing Rachmaninoff and rapping in Urdu.  Please!  I hate this kind of chickenshit thinking.