PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop being paranoid about hyperstition. It’s fine, it almost never happens. Most things happen for boring reasons, not because of some weird self-fulfilling prophecy. Hyperstition is rare and weird and usually not a real concern. If bad futures are likely, say that. If bad futures are unlikely, say that. Do not worry too much about how much your prediction will shift the outcome, it very rarely does, and the anxiety of whether it does is not actually making anything better.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop being paranoid about hyperstition. It’s fine, it almost never happens. Most things happen for boring reasons, not because of some weird self-fulfilling prophecy. Hyperstition is rare and weird and usually not a real concern. If bad futures are likely, say that. If bad futures are unlikely, say that. Do not worry too much about how much your prediction will shift the outcome, it very rarely does, and the anxiety of whether it does is not actually making anything better.