Also, it has a low frequency of bugfix commits (which may or may not be related to bugs also). (but it might be the dev experience, I have not adjusted for it).
In addition, the JVM gives it great performance, and it has actual CPU multithreading (while Python or other scripting languages have a GIL). This makes it relevant in today's environment where Moore's law continues through number of cores.
Therefore I don't think Clojure will die too soon.
In some sense, the principles he taught and aimed for were the ideal. Clojure today wasn’t necessarily the ideal.
I think there could be room for a better Clojure than Clojure, so to speak