I finally finished the darn thing!
Page 268 - I really think he does bring it on home.
(Spoiler alert)
"To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages that today determine success - the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history - with a society that provides opportunities for all. If Canada had a second hockey league for those children born in the last half of the year, it would today have twice as many adult hockey stars. Now multiply that sudden flowering of talent by every field and profession. The world could be so much richer that the world we have settled for."

The last chapter is interesting, sometimes gross (the punishment part), but a pretty good wrap up on the concept of family background having so much to do with actual success. Just broadening it out to demonstrate how our parents got the way they are (their parents/their era) and so on...

I am ok with the book; certainly he does a bit of baiting here and there, and it ended up feeling a bit scatter-shot to me, but I think his intentions are good.
I am sufficiently 'scared' about a variety of new things now and feel well warned not to let myself or my kids rest on their IQ laurels...

Hm.

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