He posted some back then about selling out, having no viable path towards the ascetic writer's life he aspired towards. He made a lot of money in these intervening 2 decades. I don't think he has to work anymore, although like most things those kinds of details are kept secret.

Anyway, the rabbit hole was all very nostalgic and sad in a pathological way. These emotional journeys back through these archives are much more common in my experience than the intellectual, enlightening variety.