Can mathematics compose music? Can robots create art that is genuinely good for people? Brazilian mathematician and composer Jonatas Manzolli explores the collision between understanding and interpretation , and why collaboration between art and science may be essential for humanity's survival. Subscribe for more episodes on how collaboration works across disciplines. Jonatas Manzolli occupies a rare intersection: trained in mathematics, driven by music composition, and committed to building bridges between algorithmic understanding and artistic interpretation. As head of the Interdisciplinary Center for Sound Communication at the University of Campinas in Brazil, he has spent decades pushing students and collaborators to confront a fundamental question , whether the purpose of human endeavor is to understand the world or to live in it. The conve ...