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49-504: The authors question what factors allow us to move up taking into account the culture codes proposed by Dr. Rapaille, and their congruence with human biology, and Roemer's economic and biological precepts. Furthermore, the authors propose a new paradigm for understanding human needs and wants, contrasting Maslow's Pyramid of Needs with the Four S's: Survival, Sex , Security, and Success. These four S's express man's needs and wants whereby it

98-400: A little help from a uniquely diverse cast including Charles Darwin, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, Dr. Seuss and Napoleon Bonaparte ̶ to show how individuals as well as societies can move: which way? UP, of course! If you value ‘survival, sex, security and success’ (and who doesn't?) then get ready for a potentially life-altering trip!” — David P. Barash . “Rapaille and Roemer fix their gazes on

147-429: A metaphor for moving, migrating, making a choice to move UP. The book has received mostly negative reviews. Tim Adams at The Observer UK , called it "banal in the extreme", while Bryan Appleyard at The Sunday Times UK found it "astonishing that this flawed study of success was ever published". Stephen Poole at The Spectator UK deemed it "a book of bonkers business-speak...rambling [and] pseudo-scientific.". "Move Up

196-407: A question of great importance and intimidating complexity: how can we prosper? With inviting style, they bring to bear an array of ideas and an abundance of evidence, looking closely at the issue from a host of different vantage points. Ranging widely, the authors will delight, provoke, and very possibly inspire readers who want to know how nations can Move UP .” — Robert Kurzban . “I think this book

245-445: A series of positive blurbs from various thinkers around the world: “Not since The Naked Ape have I seen a book that so gleefully revels in tweaking the nose of conventional sensitivities. Whether you love it or hate it, this quirkily perceptive –or insouciantly provocative– book will enliven dinner party conversations, and will delight and infuriate in equal measure.” — Richard Dawkins . “An entertaining and important counterweight to

294-403: A whirlwind tour through history and science, exploring what drives success for individuals and societies. Bravo to Rapaille and Roemer for introducing a novel way to quantify the human condition. This interdisciplinary and thought provoking book may reshape the way readers think about our world.” — Sheril Kirshenbaum . Culture code Cultural code refers to several related concepts about

343-742: Is a 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Awardee. His books Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), The Future of the Mind (2014), and The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything (2021) became New York Times best sellers . Kaku has hosted several television specials for the BBC , the Discovery Channel , the History Channel , and

392-413: Is a torrent of random words arranged into perfectly focused falsehood... As a busy reviewer, one does tend to read a lot of mediocre books. But it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a manifestly risible work put out by a reputable publishing house." — Steven Poole . "This book debases the intellectual currency. It is, as I say, a pure marketing project, aimed at the most conventionally minded people on

441-524: Is a treat—a clearly written and very creative exploration of the conditions that lead to happiness, freedom, and flourishing.” — Paul Bloom . “This is the best book I have ever read about sex, success, survival, security, and the reptilian brain. Roemer and Rapaille have done an amazing job explaining difficult concepts about the human condition and life in the modern world in a fascinating, humorous, entertaining and elucidating way. I recommend this book very highly to anyone interested in learning about what life

490-516: Is about ̶and about what it can be.” — Amir Aczel . “ Move UP by Andrés Roemer and Clotaire Rapaille is a tour de force presenting a muscular new formula for individuals and countries to assess—and perhaps fix—their barriers to upward mobility, creativity and talent. A deep and entertaining read.” — Louann Brizendine . “How can we explain some societies are successful while others are not? How can we engineer societies that best satisfy fundamental human needs? Over two thousand years ago, Plato compared

539-623: Is an American physicist, science communicator , futurologist , and writer of popular-science . He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center . Kaku is the author of several books about physics and related topics and has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film. He is also a regular contributor to his own blog, as well as other popular media outlets. For his efforts to bridge science and science fiction, he

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588-956: Is busy filming for television, Science Fantastic goes on hiatus, sometimes for several months. Kaku is also a frequent guest on many programs. As a guest on the program Coast to Coast AM on November 30, 2007, he reaffirmed his belief that the existence of extraterrestrial life is a certainty. Kaku has appeared in many forms of media and on many programs and networks, including Good Morning America , The Screen Savers , Larry King Live , 60 Minutes , Imus In The Morning , Nightline , 20/20 , Naked Science , CNN , ABC News , CBS News , NBC News , Al Jazeera English , Fox News Channel , The History Channel , Conan , The Science Channel , The Discovery Channel , TLC , Countdown with Keith Olbermann , The Colbert Report , The Art Bell Show and its successor, Coast to Coast AM , BBC World News America , The Covino & Rich Show , Head Rush , Late Show with David Letterman ,

637-535: Is full of practical wisdom. I greatly enjoyed reading it, and I think that you will to.” — David Livingstone Smith . “An ambitious and provocative book that tackles head-on the really Big Questions: What does it mean to be human? And what can we all do to become better people, leading better lives in a better world? A book that will stir controversy, tweak sacred cows and foment the best kind of debate.” — Carl Honoré . “A revolutionary take on cultural mobility, elegantly composed yet easy to understand. Move UP serves as

686-669: Is not necessary for one to be satisfied in order for the other to exist. The Four S's carry equal importance. Based on these Four S's and the move up culture codes, the authors developed the R^2 Mobility Index. Move UP originated five years prior to its publishing from concerns the authors had at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, relating to what makes people move up and why some societies move up while others don't. The explanation can be found within

735-426: Is read Move UP by Clotaire Rapaille and Andrés Roemer, and follow their data-driven recommendations for determining how best to achieve your goals using science, technology, and the wisdom of the greatest thinkers in history revealed in this remarkable book. Move UP is not utopian; it outlines a realistic plan for how more people in more places more of the time can lead more fulfilling and successful lives anywhere in

784-415: Is terrific...In Move UP , Clotaire Rapaille and Andrés Roemer have written a book that is engaging, stimulating, and challenges us to think in new ways. Though the book is theoretically broad and ambitious, it is full of practical suggestions that can make life better. It will change the way you look at almost everything.” — Joseph Barry Schwartz . “What are the parallels between brains and cultures? Running

833-694: The Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley , receiving a PhD and holding a lectureship at Princeton University in 1972. In 1968, during the Vietnam War , Kaku, who was about to be drafted, joined the United States Army , remaining until 1970. He completed his basic training at Fort Benning , Georgia , and advanced infantry training at Fort Lewis , Washington . However, he

882-487: The Cassini–Huygens space probe because of the 72 pounds (33 kg) of plutonium contained in the craft for use by its radioisotope thermoelectric generator . Conscious of the possibility of casualties if the probe's fuel were dispersed into the environment during a malfunction and crash as the probe was making a "sling-shot" maneuver around Earth , Kaku publicly criticized NASA's risk assessment. He has spoken on

931-630: The Joe Rogan Experience , and Real Time with Bill Maher . In February 2006, Kaku appeared as presenter in the BBC-TV four-part documentary Time which discussed the nature of time. On January 28, 2007, Kaku hosted the Discovery Channel series 2057 . This three-hour program discussed how medicine, cities, and energy could change over the next 50 years. In 2008, Kaku hosted the three-hour BBC-TV documentary Visions of

980-702: The Pacifica Radio network during his student years in California. It was during this period that he made the decision to turn away from a career developing the next generation of nuclear weapons in association with his mentor, Edward Teller , and instead focused on research, teaching, writing, and accepting media opportunities to educate. Kaku was a board member of Peace Action and of radio station WBAI-FM in New York City, where he originated his long-running program, Exploration , that focuses on

1029-748: The Science Channel . Kaku was born in 1947 in San Jose, California . His parents were both second-generation Japanese-Americans . According to Kaku, his grandfather came to the United States to participate in the cleanup operation after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , and his father and mother were both born in California. Both his parents were interned in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center during World War II , where they met and where his elder brother

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1078-710: The Triune Brain model: the Reptilian, the Limbic system and the Neocortex . 4. The ideal scenario allows upward mobility. 5. The methodology, the Five Critical Moves, analyze 71 countries. 6. The third unconscious is cultural. 7. A map that illustrates the R^2 Mobility Index results for the 71 countries, as well as the mobility index. 8. A conclusion, voting with your feet, whereby feet are

1127-411: The dangers of space junk and called for more and better monitoring. Kaku is generally a vigorous supporter of the exploration of space , believing that the ultimate destiny of the human race may lie in extrasolar planets , but he is critical of some of the cost-ineffective missions and methods of NASA . Kaku credits his anti- nuclear war position to information he learned via programs he heard on

1176-518: The City College of New York. Between 1970 and 2000, Kaku had papers published in physics journals covering topics such as superstring theory , supergravity , supersymmetry , and hadronic physics. In 1974, Kaku and Prof. Keiji Kikkawa of Osaka University co-authored the first papers describing string theory in a field form . Kaku is the author of several textbooks on string theory and quantum field theory . An explicit description of

1225-538: The Future , on the future of computers, medicine, and quantum physics, and he appeared in several episodes of the History Channel's Universe and Ancient Aliens series. On December 1, 2009, he began hosting a 12-episode weekly television series for the Science Channel at 10 pm, called Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible , based on the book of the same name. Each 30-minute episode discusses

1274-440: The behavioral responses characteristic of that nation's citizens. The key codes in understanding specific behaviors differentiate between religion, gender, relationships, money, food, health, and cultures. This sociology -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Michio Kaku Michio Kaku ( Japanese : カク ミチオ, 加來 道雄 , / ˈ m iː tʃ i oʊ ˈ k ɑː k uː / ; born January 24, 1947)

1323-673: The best science books of the year by The New York Times and The Washington Post . Parallel Worlds was a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction in the UK . Kaku is the host of the weekly one-hour radio program Exploration , produced by the Pacifica Foundation's WBAI in New York. Exploration is syndicated to community and independent radio stations and makes previous broadcasts available on

1372-427: The body of shared practices, expectations and conventions specific to a given domain of a culture . Under one interpretation, a cultural code is seen as defining a set of images that are associated with a particular group of stereotypes in our minds. This is sort of cultural unconscious, which is hidden even from our own understanding, but is also seen in our actions. The cultural codes of a nation helps to understand

1421-444: The book and find out why and how.” — Ricardo Salinas Pliego . “When does a nation's culture hold them back, and when does it fuel their progress? It is extremely hard to answer this question comprehensively enough to help guide policy change ̶whether this be economic policy, social policy or even foreign policy. ̶Roemer and Rapaille offer a cogent and coherent network of guidelines, describing not only what has worked and not worked in

1470-513: The construction of a defense system; in short the survival of a culture . The movement of population is also a good indicator of which culture is moving up and which culture is moving down. The books key points are: 1. The creation of the R^2 Mobility Index through the sum of the culture codes (C^2) with the Bio-Logical value (the sum of the Four S's), divided by two: 2. The Reptilian complex always wins. 3. Time, space and energy of

1519-578: The device was powerful enough to produce antimatter . It was at this National Science Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico , that he attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller , who took Kaku as a protégé, awarding him the Hertz Engineering Scholarship . Kaku attended Harvard College , where he was a resident of Leverett House , and graduated summa cum laude in 1968 as the first in his physics class. He attended

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1568-445: The first to attempt a comprehensive answer to this eternal question. Because the stakes are so high, their work deserves serious study and attention. The destiny of nations may depend on ideas like theirs.” — Michio Kaku . “Choices, movements, evolution, requirements for survival of the species. Why do some of us strive for more? How are culture, surroundings and education helping some societies move up more than others? These are some of

1617-464: The future of humans. Kaku considers climate change and terrorism as serious threats in human evolution from a Type 0 civilization to Type 1 on the Kardashev scale. Kaku has publicly stated his concerns over matters including people denying the anthropogenic cause of global warming , nuclear armament , nuclear power , and what he believes to be the general misuse of science. He was critical of

1666-517: The gamut from stimulating to provocative, heady to poignant, this book gives you plenty to think about for moving lives and societies in the only useful direction.” — David Eagleman . “I love the ideas put forth by my good friends, Roemer and Rapaille! The Culture Code of your home country is absolutely critical for a successful future...Cultures matters, A LOT! The good news is we can change, one by one, we can change our mindset. It's up to us. You must decide to MOVE UP, and maybe away from your home. Read

1715-445: The human drive to strive for betterment within a complex matrix of our biology and culture. It challenges the reader to think about fresh ideas about ways to ascend, as well as highlighting the impediments that must be overcome to progress toward improvement. Move UP is by far the best book I've read this year.” — David Buss . “ Move UP provides a provocative and entertaining look at interactions between culture and biology that impact

1764-433: The ideology and cynicism that surrounds discussions of world problems today.” — Steven Pinker . “This is the question for the ages: why are some nations and people rich and successful, while others are poor and a failure? Why do some soar to great heights in a single generation, while others are mired forever in discord, war, and poverty? Many have tried to address small pieces of this great puzzle, but Rapaille and Roemer are

1813-502: The interaction between biology and culture. Move UP has seven philosophical assumptions: 1. Life is a choice, 2. Life is movement, 3. The movement of life is UP, 4. The evolution of species corresponds to the evolution of societies, 5. UP is not a choice, 6. Our “universe” is not universal, and 7. Evolution is not a moral judgment. Furthermore, as in the case of biology, evolution dictates that cultures must also compete for resources, territory, populations and

1862-420: The past but also a set of persuasive arguments and theories as to why. Those who would tend to challenge these guidelines on the basis that they are too ‘Western,’ or in some other way parochial, would do well to ask themselves how long other paradigms need to fail before they should be abandoned.” — Aubrey de Grey . “Clotaire Rapaille and Andrés Roemer are great storytellers and natural provocateurs, and Move UP

1911-412: The planet, those who are possessed of the most unchallenging, unthinking, unreal, self-congratulatory conception of human progress. Allen Lane, distinguished science publishers, should be ashamed." — Bryan Appleyard . The work has been specially singled out for offering broad stereotypes regarding nationalities and the difference between men and women. However, promotional material for Move UP includes

1960-416: The program's website. Kaku defines the show as dealing with the general topics of science, war, peace, and the environment. In April 2006, Kaku began broadcasting Science Fantastic on 90 commercial radio stations in the United States. It is syndicated by Talk Radio Network and now reaches 130 radio stations and America's Talk on XM and was the only nationally syndicated science radio program. When Kaku

2009-406: The progress of societies. The authors raise big questions and challenge the reader to think about them in novel ways.” — Daniel Schacter . “ Move UP considers a critical question in our globalized world ̶what sorts of countries foster social mobility in their citizens? This is a question long pondered by social scientists, but Rapaille and Roemer bring a fresh perspective to the question, viewing

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2058-407: The questions the authors engage by studying the paradigm between social and biological sciences. Move UP portrays the cultural and biological dimensions behind the desire of humans to ascend socially, intellectually or economically. Surprisingly being logical about our biology seems to be the key!” — Mario J. Molina . “ Move UP is a splendid book, totally engaging from start to finish. It showcases

2107-492: The scientific basis behind imaginative schemes, such as time travel, parallel universes, warp drive, and similar. Each episode includes interviews with other scientists working on prototypes of these technologies, interviews with science fiction fans, and clips from relevant science fiction movies. In January 2007, Kaku visited Oman. While there, he talked at length to select members of that country's decision makers. In an interview with local media, Kaku elaborated on his vision of

2156-424: The second-quantization of the light-cone string was given by Kaku and Keiji Kikkawa . Kaku is most widely known as a popularizer of science and physics outreach specialist. He has written books and appeared on many television programs as well as film. He also hosts a weekly radio program. Kaku is the author of various popular science books (see Works section). Hyperspace was a bestseller and voted one of

2205-432: The subject from the standpoints of evolutionary biology, anthropology and zoology. The result is a superb book ̶provocative, smart, fun to read and very important ̶ . I recommend it highly.” — Robert Sapolsky . “You have just been elected head of your country. You want to lead your people to new heights of happiness, prosperity, security, and freedom never enjoyed before. What should you do? The first thing you should do

2254-441: The well-functioning society to a well-functioning soul—a soul with three parts all working in harmony. In this highly engaging and accessible book, Andres Roemer and Clotaire Rapaille update Plato’s project using Maclean’s model of three brain systems to draw out what it is that makes the difference between societies that progress ̶that Move UP ̶ and those that stagnate and fail. This is a stimulating and thought-provoking book that

2303-468: The world.” — Michael Shermer . “Andrés Roemer has been a leader in bringing important scientific ideas to public attention, as well as promoting human rights and effective democracy; Clotaire Rapaille has been a leader in the psychology of generating effective marketing strategies. Now, in Move UP , Drs. Roemer and Rapaille combine their talents as scientists, communicators, motivators and activists ̶with

2352-458: Was born. According to Kaku, he was inspired to pursue a career in physics after seeing a photograph of Albert Einstein 's desk at the time of his death. Kaku was fascinated to learn that Einstein had been unable to complete his unified field theory and resolved to dedicate his life to solving this theory. For a high school science fair, Kaku built a 2.3 MeV “atom smasher” in his parents' garage. Using scrap metal and 22 miles (35 km) of wire,

2401-677: Was never deployed to Vietnam. As part of the research program in 1975 and 1977 at the department of physics at the City College of the City University of New York , Kaku worked on research on quantum mechanics . He was a Visitor and Member (1973 and 1990) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and New York University . As of 2024, he holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at

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