During the First Wave most people consumed what they themselves produced. They were neither producers nor consumers in the usual sense. They were instead what might be called "prosumers."
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Prosumer
//pɹəʊˈsjuːmə//
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Polish
1 entries- prosument noun (person in postindustrial society)
Spanish
1 entries- prosumidor noun (person in postindustrial society)
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