6 Lessons from walking the streets of chaotic Naples about our uncertain yet so pre-programmed work life

Claudia Brose
6 min readMar 30, 2022

You don’t need to go to Naples, Italy, to rebel against the complex algorithms encroaching on our lives

me in Naples, Italy, March 2022 | photo © John McDermott

Roaming the streets of Naples in Italy for two weeks — practicing Street Photography with a small group of passionate photographers in this vibrant city — taught me a few things about how measuring and digitizing everything has distanced us from life itself.

We want to organize, plan, predict and strategize our lives, businesses, and a successful future.

The business world tells how and what success should mean to us

We have learned and are constantly told that success and progress are a result of control, unambiguity, and a clear solution.

Along the way, we lost a sense of real human life, which we cannot structure and digitize but which we should recognize in its complexity, ambiguity, richness, and chaos.

Here are 6 lessons I learned about distorted views on work and life from taking the time to observe and immerse in an unknown, chaotic place.

1 Being in control is an illusion

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Claudia Brose

Writer, Event-Creator, Marketing Professional turned Rebel against a rushed world | Japan mad | Cyclist | Get my Newsletter Un-Rush claudiabrose.substack.com