&gt;  had assumed that a decade or two into the next millennium we&#x27;d live in neat little houses on suburban Earth, don suits to go to work in our (non-flying) car<p>But this is changing, it&#x27;s not the 1950s any more. By a fifth of the way through the 21st century, it&#x27;s quite common that<p>1) The business attire is often jeans and t-shirt<p>2) Women go to work almost as much as men<p>3) The couple in the &quot;neat little houses&quot; may not be married. Or may be the same gender and married. Or there may just be 1 person there.<p>4) Smoking is very uncommon<p>5) The work is sometimes from home, or your job might be moving to somewhere cheaper like a call-center in India or a factory in China.<p>7) The local mall is struggling due to online shopping.<p>8) people don&#x27;t pre-plan their social engagements like they used to - they&#x27;re always in contact with their friends so the era of &quot;I&#x27;ll meet you in the cinema lobby at 8&quot; (or bust) is over. In fact the cinema might be netflix and chill at home.<p>9) The car might soon be self-driving.<p>These changes add up over time. This movie from 1981, supposedly set on Jupiter&#x27;s moon Io in the late 21st century, has scenes that look very looks outdated to me, particularly a room full of men smoking: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imdb.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;tt0082869&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imdb.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;tt0082869&#x2F;</a>