I find people who close themselves off to new experiences depressing to be around. Often it comes with age. I'm 57, but have a 7 year old daughter. I love how excited she gets to see new things and I enjoy them with her. My parents, meanwhile, are what you might call "world weary." Depressing, and boring.

Being "noble, humble, and virtuous", if that is what you call the author of the article, is an orthogonal property. I'm not really sure he is particularly notable in those respects though. He's not harming anyone, but he's not out there making the world better for others to any great degree either. He's just living his life.