chp 4 of who owns the future.

So far, who owns the future by Jared lanier has been rather confusing. I feel as if he just rambles on about anything and everything. He throws out these outragous ideas and I just find it really hard to follow. In chapter 4 he discusses finances. One thing he says that did stick out to me was " if technology is getting so good and if there is so much wealth, why should there still be poor people at all?" this stuck out because I do not quite understand what hes trying to say. I dont get why he thinks that having all this advanced technology and wealth should mean that there are no poor people. unless you create the technology yourself...your not going to gain wealth from it.