By Futurist Thomas Frey
In 2031, Ashley Willows announced on social media that she was pregnant with her fourth child. She was 26, unmarried, and had no intention of ever getting married. Her three older children—ages 5, 3, and 18 months—were being raised primarily by AI-powered robotic caregivers in a communal housing complex in Austin specifically designed for women like her.
“I’m not a welfare mom,” she told the reporter interviewing her. “I’m a Vitalist. My job is to populate the universe, and I’m damn good at it.”
The Vitalists are the most unexpected social movement of the 2030s, and they’re rewriting everything we thought we knew about family, work, gender roles, and the future of civilization itself.
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