I agree with Bill Gate, and I'm a believer that technology drives most of that progress (though it's a double edged sword!). This is a big motivation for me to switch careers and dive to deep learning- I think we'll be able to solve a lot of important problems with it.https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1073965152721096705 …
Though I do have to point out- this article does have some suspiciously cherry picked data points. But I think the overall message is good and accurate.