Is hustle culture really ruining comedians?

Wisdom on how to approach comedy/art from deep thinkers like Stephen Pressfield, Robert Greene, and Derek Sivers. Also: Thoughts from Mitch Hedberg, Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Moore, and Garry Shandling.

This is the Rubesletter from Matt Ruby, comedian, writer, and the creator of Vooza. Sign up to get it in your inbox weekly.

Comedy comes back

That felt good. I just performed onstage, inside a comedy club, in front of real, live, paying patrons for the first time since Tom Hanks/Rudy Gobert night. I’ve done other gigs during pandemic (Zoom, rooftop, park,…