You are 101% right with your perspective views; very appropriate example too. Unless otherwise they are experiencing themselves, no one is giving importance to any such warning even for the cases of celebrities nor for government's warning as well. People are busy with their daily routines hence ignoring what they have must to do for securing themselves from future disasters and hassles.
Even we are not bothering about what is going to happen in near future for the world economy, at least we must listen to the solutions provided everywhere.
Here is the perfect one from OP :
Buy Bitcoin or gold or something that should survive the coming crash.
Leaving off traditional banking and focusing on alternative investment must be the wise action we need to follow to overcome such economic crisis. Fortunately, we are having bitcoin to act as a Savior for all of us. But, not sure how many people are going to make use of bitcoin to safeguard themselves against another economic slowdown.