The feature I found most interesting was on 20 things that won't change in the next 20 years. A few of their choices are listed below. The pencil came on the scene around 1565, and even with the move to computers pencil sales have remained steady. He puts paper clips on the list, too. Zippers will definitely be with us for a long time.
Death is called unconquerable.
Sadly poverty and the resulting mass starvation in the Third World will remain the same at least for the next 20 years. Both traffic congestion and noise levels will continue to distract us. Change is sometimes good and sometimes bad but always interesting.