our first inventors

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan,Despite its great potential inventive, Edison is best known for his improvements on inventions
his first inventions are:
The Electric Lamp in 1879
The Telegraph in 1869
The phonograph and dictaphone
The Phone Wallpapers
The kinetoscope

how people lived in the absence of technology?
what the technology in your home, bring your family?
hows we would have contact with people from other countries without technology?