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Sam Gillespie

Press Service International

Sam Gillespie is a composer, programmer and PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales.Sam Gillespie's previous articles may be viewed at www.pressserviceinternational.org/sam-gillespie.html

  • Zen games

    The term “Zen” has long been appropriated (or rather misappropriated) in English slang to describe a state of calm. 

  • Community

    A sense of belonging is like invisible roots, planting us within a social field. In a good environment well-being develops, comfort and loyalty envelopes, and this is all a desirable state for a person.

  • The image of self awareness

    Perhaps one of the most painful things we experience in our lives is giving up the things we value.

  • Reflecting on #MeToo

    How have the people around you reacted to the #MeToo stories? I've tried to read any that have crossed my path, but it is heavy going.

  • Bias

    Bias runs deep within our thoughts and impulses. Should this be a new discovery which challenges the very foundations of belief? I argue no, this is not an entirely new concept.

  • Spare a thought for tomorrow

    It’s a hard topic to escape: currently about a third of my Facebook feed must be links to articles for and against the redefinition of marriage

  • Looking again

    Do the TV shows we watch say more than we think? Is there more than meets the eye in the messages they convey?

  • Original or remake?

    Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve seen something before? Perhaps its déjà vu or perhaps it’s yet another remake?

  • The insufferable product of mandatory detention

    Are Australia’s border protection policies, such as mandatory detention, breaking asylum seekers into the very people the system is meant to protect Australian communities from?