Ironic how this is being published right after nautil.us suffered a large reputational loss after not paying their writers. I wonder whether the author got paid

Ironic how this is being published right after nautil.us suffered a large reputational loss after not paying their writers. I wonder whether the author got paid for this yet or if they will get paid. Clearly, the reputational loss wasn't enough to deter them from writing this article. Edit: "Reproduced with permission from Hachette Book Group.". So they likely got it for free to promote the book.