Wall Street burned up a lot of its goodwill with the public with the various financial scandals. Certainly, they&#x27;re still in business and will be in for the foreseeable future. But can Silicon Valley have the foresight to preemptively defuse future backlash against job destruction brought upon by automation? Perhaps it&#x27;s time to get some major tech CEOs pushing forward proposals for basic income. Certainly some VCs have already been making public statements about it.