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Well, it's not on my mind. But composers are still quite enamored with of the idea of deconstructing tonality in order to placate the neurosis of modernism. the end result being - in my opinion - works that are only interesting once, and sound more similar than different. Of course, in the hands of talented composers there are exceptions. Ligeti comes to mind, though I can't say how strictly his work adheres to the dogma. Here and there. I do find this adherence a little like political correctness in that if you don't follow the dogma, you can be ostracized because you are not with the program, you are not a "serious" composer. It certainly was that way when I was in school. So I would say that the proponents of serial techniques have more of an intellectual, pedagogical bent. And being the cynic that I am, these same composers conveniently eschew tonal music, and further, as it has been pointed out here before, use serial technique to subconsciously throw sand in the eyes (ears?) of the listener, because maybe they don't really have anything to say.

Sounds interesting. I'll put my blue bonnet sonnet right on it.

Sounds fun. I am in as a composer.