First of all, Jameson's identification of two related but different working definitions for postmodernism made sense of a lot of things for me. Lyotard's use of "postmodern" as "the condition of knowledge in the most highly developed societies" is all encompassing: things in current society are postmodern because everything in this age is postmodern. The state of knowledge for all is different because of changes in our world. But as Jameson says, "I am far from feeling that all cultural production today is 'postmodern' in the broad sense I will be conferring to the term".

The Soja essay did a solid job at explaining the basic concepts of Marxist Geography and their role within the greater Marxist philosophy. Many of his thoughts and examples pertained to actual situations that have to be dealt with in the modern political landscape. The design of everything from a city block to the relationship in trade between developed countries and underdeveloped nations has a huge effect on our everyday lives.