I have a bad feeling Bruce's fears might be realized in my lifetime
I absolutely agree with you. However, I do have a good feeling that someone (Bruce) is talking about this now. Talking about it extensively, with a consistent message (for over 20 years), building a reputation, and building a wealth of knowledge that'll be accessible to policy makers, lawmakers, and laypeople when things really start to catch on fire. When the policy makers and lawmakers start to freak out and ask "where can I learn more about this?", there will already be a wealth of Bruce's work to reference.
We are so lucky to have someone like Scheier who both understands the problems at a deep level and is able to explain it to non-techy's in a way they can understand.