This seminar discusses how genetics influences different aspects of our daily life, from health issues to other interesting and less known aspects such as those that affect behavior. The first three classes will propose a brief introduction of the basis of inheritance, the most relevant arguments of the nature vs nurture debate and the grounds of behavioral genetics. The second part of the program will offer a general view on the paramount discoveries of the interaction of genetics with environment and social aspects, such as the influence of genetics on psychological traits, mate selection, politics, business, and in the competition between human groups.