It's almost as though the comments from Hock, Reed and Summers were scripted:
We live in the 21st century but are still using command and control organizational structures from the 16th century. Bitcoin is one of the best examples of how a decentralized, peer-to-peer organization can solve problems that these dated organizations cannot
^ One could interpret this as a subtle critique of Central Banks' "command and control" monetary policy, in favour of a modern decentralized approach.
Bitcoin represents a real opportunity for changing that. Money at its core is simply a ledger for keeping track of debts and Bitcoin is truly the best iteration of a universal ledger we’ve ever seen.
^ This is a straightforward acknowledgement of the "Money is Memory" thesis. There is no better ledger than The Blockchain.
Until now whenever we’ve needed to transfer money we’ve had to rely on a third party, whether it be a bank, a clearing house or a payment network. Bitcoin offers, for the first time, a method for transferring value and making payments from anywhere to anywhere, in real-time, without any intermediary.
^ Bitcoin is powerful because it is borderless and permissionless.