Feels like this article belongs on ReadUp, as it highlights many of the values of "deep literacy". That said, the evidence for a decline in the portion of the population capable of deep literacy is weak, and blaming that on the iPhone seems like a rehash of rebukes of most technologies since the newspaper.
Heady. Showing how conservatives and progressives today are -- potentially unwittingly -- undermining liberalism. Grab a cup of tea... this is a long dense read.