Sure. There’s only a finite amount of resources, time and emotional investment to put towards human invention, so putting it towards a vest that actually gives you a hug—insofar as a vest contracting around your body constitutes a “hug”—anytime a friend “likes” a status on Facebook seems like as good an invention as any. Why did George Mallory climb Everest? “Because it’s there.” Why did the team at MIT invent this vest? “Because we can,” probably. Who needs friends when you have this vest? …
