CMOTHR – Manifesto
Certified Member of the Human Race
You’re Already a Member
Were you born human?
Congratulations — you’re certified.
No application.
No approval process.
You’re one of all humans (approximately 8 billion members).
The Core Truth: We’re All Idiots
With as much love and respect as we can bring to you — let’s face it:
We humans are idiots.
Not always, but more often than we like to admit.
This includes you.
This includes me.
This includes everyone.
This isn’t an attack.
It’s liberation.
We’ve built quantum computers and still argue about whose turn it is to do the dishes. We can observe black holes colliding but can’t figure out why socks disappear in the laundry.
We created social media to connect — and ended up arguing with strangers (or bots, who knows anymore) while scrolling past our actual lives.
The point isn’t that we’re stupid. The point is that we’re all struggling to figure things out — and pretending otherwise is exhausting.
Why This Matters Now
We’re facing challenges that demand cooperation: climate change, pandemics, inequality, AI transformation. But we can’t collaborate while we’re busy protecting our egos and fighting about who’s right.
Our brains don’t prioritize truth — they prioritize belonging. We’d rather be wrong with our group than right alone. Social media and other BIG companies know exactly how to exploit this.
They turn our need for identity into profit, and we pay with our attention and our ability to think clearly.
The medicine?
Emotional maturity.
Starting with acceptance.
What CMOTHR Wants
1. We want people to actually talk to each other.
Not perform.
Not debate to win.
Talk. Listen. Disagree without declaring war.
2. We want to stop pretending we have our shit together.
Nobody does. That includes the rich, the successful, the influencers.
Money doesn’t make you smarter — it just makes you rich.
3. We want to create space for being human.
That means being confused, contradictory, sometimes brilliant, sometimes mean — mostly just trying to figure it out as we go.
Love isn’t about making people fit our expectations. It’s about letting people be who they actually are — including ourselves.
What Becomes Possible
Imagine if we cared for each other like we care for toddlers learning to walk — not with condescension, but with genuine tenderness for beings doing their best while stumbling forward.
When we accept that we’re all idiots:
- Being wrong isn’t a personal attack.
- Changing your mind isn’t weakness.
- Asking for help isn’t failure.
- Not knowing isn’t shameful.
- Really listen to another person can be a superpower.
It’s just being human.
Practical Steps
well aware that this might be a bit strange but we believe that we cmothrs need to practice being human and this is example of thing we could so.
1. The Dance Exercise
This is an exercise that is an attempt to find out something about your self and hopefully find something to work on or be relived by.
Pick something that’s bothering you or something that’s been traumatized by.
Play a song you love. Dance to it for 5–10 minutes. If it’s a short song play it as many times to reach the dancing goal.
Do it Alone. No filming.
Dance like nobody’s watching — because nobody is.
Then immediately write for 10 minutes with pencil and paper — everything that comes to mind. Do this three days in a row, with different topics is a must but different song is mandatory. The fourth day you dance and think about the past three days write for 10 minutes with pencil and paper and if you haven’t you should look what you have write in the past three days and write about what you think about it.
2. Tell a Failure Story
Share a recent screw-up.
Around a table, on a feed, or in your diary.
Shame dies in daylight.
3. Introduce Yourself Without Social Tags
Who are you without your job, hobbies, opinions, achievements, problems, or beliefs?
Try starting with:
- I am someone who…
- My heart breaks when…
- I feel most alive when…
- Without thinking, I always…
It’s okay if you don’t know.
That’s the beginning of something real.
4. Host an Idiot Dinner
Six chairs.
One rule: everyone confesses a recent mistake before the main course.
Respect each other — and if you laugh, let it be from recognition, not ridicule.
The Bottom Line
This isn’t about convincing everyone to think like us. It’s about creating space for honesty. For admitting that we’re scared, confused, and in desperate need of help.
For accepting that the plan we had might not be that great — and might need to be torn apart by a beautiful idea, a person, or an opportunity.
We’re the only thinking species we know of in the universe. We’re alone on this planet together.
We can keep pretending we know what we’re doing — or admit that we’re all idiots trying our best and finally help each other.
CMOTHR isn’t mine.
It’s not yours.
It’s ours.
Take it, remix it, use it however serves the purpose.
Yes, I’d love if you bought a T-shirt.
But more than that, I want this idea to spread:
You are okay!
It’s okay to be human.
It’s okay to be an idiot.
We all are – and that’s the point.
Written by Mathias Clarstedt — a Swedish guy turning 50 with two teenage sons, working half-time in social consulting and half-time in IT support.
Just another CMOTHR – certified member of the human race.
