Ken Roth: “Wireless technology prevents governments from building concentration camps without anyone knowing.” #yg #ctiaw11

John Stanton, Clearwire: “Paying $10M in cash in Haiti would cost 40% overhead; T-Cash allows us to use that 40% for aid.” #yg #ctiaw11

Biz Stone: “Medvedev said that maybe now that we have Twitter, we can get rid of the red phone (the US-USSR hot line).” #yg #ctiaw11

Biz Stone, Twitter: “Even though we’re blocked in China and haven’t launched there, it’s used all over the country.” #yg #ctiaw11

Ken Roth: “I never lost touch with my people in Tarir Square, despite the military’s shutting down of wireless networks.” #yg #ctiaw11

Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder, says that Twitter allows self-organizing “flocking” just as birds do. Great analogy for Twitter. #yg #ctiaw11

Ken Roth, Human Rights Watch discusses how mobile didn’t cause, but underpinned the leaderless revolutions in the Middle East. #yg #ctiaw11