If you don't have contempt for your customers, you won't get burnt out as often.
Of course, if he still believes his customer base was 'stupid', I guess that's another thing entirely...
His "optimal behavior" might be to quit and get another job. Or opt out of the rat race entirely.
I don't know Noah, but it sounds like that's why he killed off Gambit and dived into AppSumo.
If you read his e-mails on the e-mail list, you can tell he puts a lot of work into it. I doubt he could do that unless he truly cared about AppSumo and the customers.