[jsprogrammer]

You could become that leader and/or petition your country to be that forward thinking and smart.

It (displacement) does seem to be a huge risk and it's probably better to devise solutions now rather than after huge displacements have occurred.

[vijayr]

Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. This is a global problem and it needs to be addressed at global level. Assuming self driving cars (just one example) becomes a reality in at least western countries in the next decade, does any one have any plan to help those humans that are going to be replaced? I was only trying to point out that our current group of political leaders don't seem to think that far ahead. Ideas like basic income etc needs lots of planning, testing etc at smaller levels before they can be implemented at a larger scale if we want to keep social unrest to a minimum.