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Guest on The Shawn Ryan Show · 2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Sriram Krishnan appeared on The Shawn Ryan Show to discuss various topics related to technology, society, and policy, sharing insights based on his experiences and observations. During the episode titled #238 Sriram Krishnan - Senior White House Policy Advisor for AI, he recommended and discussed several notable books that touch on human behavior and business structures. First, Sriram Krishnan recommended the book Private Truths, Public Lies, noting that it was published in the 1950s and could be a bit hard to find on Amazon. He explained that this book is useful for understanding how people in society conform to ideas publicly that they might doubt privately. Additionally, Sriram Krishnan cited Peter Thiel's book Zero to One, co-authored with Blake Masters, to illustrate the difference between standard businesses and high-growth technology monopolies. He referenced Thiel's observations about the Bay Area restaurant scene to explain market competition and startup growth strategies.

Books recommended by Sriram Krishnan

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  1. Private Truths, Public Lies

    Timur Kuran · Recommended · 1 episode

    Private Truths, Public Lies by Timur Kuran is a social science book that explores how people conceal their true beliefs due to social pressures, introducing the concepts of preference falsification and preference cascades.

    Recommended
    “there's an amazing book you should read uh from the ' 50s a bit hard to get uh on Amazon it's called uh private truths public lies private truths public lies sounds interesting yes”
    The Shawn Ryan Show #238 Sriram Krishnan - Senior White House Policy Advisor for AI 2025-09-22 Listen at 2:10:34
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Zero to One

    Peter Thiel; Blake Masters · Discussed · 1 episode

    Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a foundational business and technology book that argues true innovation creates entirely new things rather than merely copying existing models.

    Discussed
    “Peter the talks about this. Pil has his book called 0ero to1 where he basically says that if if you go to Palo Alto right there are in in the Bay Area uh there are probably like 20 Indian restaurants 20 Italian restaurants”
    The Shawn Ryan Show #238 Sriram Krishnan - Senior White House Policy Advisor for AI 2025-09-22 Listen at 3:00:41
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
#238 Sriram Krishnan - Senior White House Policy Advisor for AIThe Shawn Ryan Show2025-09-222