> In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Robert Wright asserts that, ever since the primordial ooze, life has followed a basic pattern. Organisms and human societies alike have grown more complex by mastering the challenges of internal cooperation.
Using auctions is economically efficient. And also harder for (corrupt) politicians to mess with.
> At the end this money comes from us anyway.
The money comes from customers of those telecoms who won the auctions. It doesn't eg come from the Amish or babies too young to use a phone. But they still (presumably) benefit from the government revenue raised by the auction.
This is a popular thing to say but is too superficial, we obviously have interfaces that operate mechanical arms and other things with a computer interface interpreting signals from the brain and other nerves. We actually know quite a bit about what kind of signals get sent from some parts of our bodies to other parts and these patterns hold within the brain as well. It just gets microscopic and -very- complicated. Check out these books:
Dayan & Abbott theoretical neuroscience (I found a pdf)
This book Nonzero by Robert write isbn:9780679758945 was pretty enlightening for me