With AI, some people held a position that yes - existential risk was important. But everyone else will think you're a weirdo if you just say it, so we will be like 'shh, don't be too honest, it will be a bad look. bad ops.'
But if everyone who been busy being concerned with the ops, had instead been honest with others themselves, things might have gone differently.
The issue generalizes - whether it be beliefs in general, or unusual lifestyles. I'm tired of hearing 'other people will think this is bad' and more interested in hearing what *you personally* think, if you can access it. The world could use more of that.