Gen-Kultur Koevolution & Evolutionäre Psychologie:

http://evoandproud.blogspot.co.at/2011/08/was-evolutionary-psychology-inevitable.html

Educational, Cognitive and 'Cultural' Similarity:

Put people with greater educational and cognitive similarity together, and you have the makings of greater cultural similarity as well. When one spouse is a college graduate in the top centiles of cognitive ability and the other is a high school graduate with modesty above-average cognitive ability, they are likely to have different preferences in books and movies, different ways of spending their free times, different friends, and differences in a dozen other aspects of life.

Charles Murray, Coming Apart, 2012

The spread of TV:

In 1950 barely 10 percent of American homes had television sets, but by 1959, 90 percent did, probably the fastest diffusion of a technological innovation ever recorded. (The spread of Internet access will rival TV's record but probably not surpass it.)

Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, 2000

Life Outcomes, Intelligence & Self-Control:

When psychologists isolate the personal qualities that predict "positive outcomes" in life, they consistently find two traits: intelligence and self-control.

Roy Baumeister and John Tierney, Willpower, 2012

The Relevance of Noncoding DNA Regions:

[M]ost of the genome that does something significant and can thus mutate in ways that cause harm is noncoding. We don’t understand that component as well. Certainly I don’t. A rough estimate would be that 1.5% of the genome makes proteins while another 3.5% does something else functional - regulation of protein expression, regulation of other regulators, etc.

Gregory Cochran

http://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/more-to-go-wrong/

Two Versions of Fairness:

Fairness is important in all human social relations, wether large or small. But there are two different kinds of fairness. Experts call this equity and equality. Equality means treating everyone the same (obviously). Equity means giving out rewards in proportion to what each person contributed. Under equity, the person who contributes more or better work gets a proportionately bigger share of the reward.

Roy Baumeister, Is There Anything Good About Man?, 2010

Achievement & Appearance:

[However, there exists] a more fundamental genuine double standard. This has to do with how men and women are judged and evaluated. Men are judged by their achievements. Woman are judged by their appearance. To be sure, the lines are blurring now, and our society is succeeding to some extent in putting men and women on similar footings. Men's appearance counts for more than it used to, and the same goes for woman's achievements. Still, this double standard remains active. Men have to earn respect through their achievements more than woman do.

Roy Baumeister, Is There Anything Good About Man?, 2010