Does anyone know about how to get involved in work like this? I'm outcome-oriented so disease diagnosis would be motivating for me. I'm looking to help out on an open-source project along these lines.
The article claims that the US is "near the bottom in terms of actual social mobility", but only supports this with some points about how social mobility in the US isn't that good.
The US is still one of the most meritocratic countries in the world.