Madness Overrated

About the Author

Esra Kus is an Istanbul-based writer and scientist. She holds a PhD degree in Materials Science from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Esra worked as a researcher, scientist, and consultant in international institutions and companies for many years. Her specialization involved investigations into corrosion and degradation of engineering materials in varying environments. During recent years, her desire to understand what was happening to individuals in the growth-driven, aggressive world became much more compelling than researching what was happening to metals in corrosive solutions. As she made detailed observations in the corrosion laboratory over the years and characterized the reactions experienced by experimental material specimens in response to interactions with their aggressive surroundings, she started seeing unexpected analogies to her personal feelings in response to human interactions and societal dynamics. Esra conceived the idea of her first book, Madness Overrated, in 2015. In it, she questions the mad dynamics of our global society and explores the effects of our mass madness on the average person who is simply trying to make a living somewhere in the world.