Nothings happened since 1981. Except that:- 

"If you’d gone to a publisher in 1981 with a proposal for a science-fiction novel that consisted of a really clear and simple description of the world today, they'd have read your proposal and said, Well, it's impossible. This is ridiculous. This doesn't even make any sense. Granted, you have half a dozen powerful and really excellent plot drivers for that many science-fiction novels, but you can’t have them all in one novel.
... and ...
You haven't even gotten to the Internet. By the time you were telling about the Internet, they'd be showing you the door. It's just too much science fiction."

Best interview I've seen with William Gibson. He always amazes me.
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fiction-no-211-william-gibson
 Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 211, William Gibson »
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