In Search of the First Modern Hotep

From whence doth thou arise, pseudo-conscious man?

Photo: Island Pictures

Hotep.

See? You’re laughing without a setup or a punchline.

You read that word and didn’t think “peace” (which is its actual meaning), nor did you think of the Egyptian polymath Imhotep. The first thing you thought of was a fake “woke” (damn, I hate that word) person —…