The audience can celebrate a risk whose cost belongs entirely to the performer.

A crowd can enjoy a risk that costs them nothing at all. The danger belongs entirely to the person performing it, and the celebration afterwards does not distribute any of the consequence back. Applause is not a share of the cost, however much it may feel like participation.

Be careful about what you cheer for in others, particularly people who will pay for it later: the colleague who overworks spectacularly, the friend who takes an admirable risk. Praise the outcome and consider asking about the cost. And if you are the one taking the risk, be clear that the enthusiasm around you will not be there for the aftermath.