Camille Paglia

It's time for a recovery and reassessment of North American thinkers. Marshall McLuhan, Leslie Fiedler and Norman O. Brown are the linked triad I would substitute for Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, whose work belongs to ravaged postwar Europe and whose ideas transfer poorly into the Anglo-American tradition.

American Author

John Lanchester

Nobody in the developing world is going to take, as an answer to their aspirations, the developed world's reply: 'Sorry, you can't; we've already used it all up.' To earn the right to look the developing world in the eye and start this conversation, we need a reassessment of how we live and what we want.

British Journalist

Peter Singer

We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.

Australian Philosopher

Ben Rhodes

In addition to deep divisions on issues such as trade, climate change, Middle East peace and nuclear weapons, Trump's attacks on leaders such as Trudeau and Merkel and disrespect for NATO and other institutions are prompting a reassessment by allied governments and publics.

American Public Servant

Use 'reassessment' when situations change and a previous opinion or decision might shift as a result.

Context Matters

'Reassessment' often leads to a change in decisions, plans, or perspectives.

Decision Change

While often used after failures, 'reassessment' can also follow successes to ensure continuous improvement.

Not Always Negative

 what was really most important to me, not what I was conditioned to want or maybe what I conditioned myself to want, and that decision led to a reassessment