Michael Quintin
Founder · Author · Researcher
Founder, writer, and researcher building tools for operators who must reason under uncertainty. Currently runs Hivemind (analytical software, alpha), authors Purposeless Efficiency (Book I of a five-volume series, manuscript v4), and maintains Theseus, a knowledge system for monitoring ideological contradiction.
experience
- Founder · Hivemind2024-06 – Present
Strategic analytical software for operators reasoning under uncertainty.
- Designed the hypothesis-graph data model and structured-brief output format that anchor the product.
- Shipped the alpha on TypeScript and Postgres; recruited the first cohort of design partners.
- Closed the seed round and assembled a small operating team.
- Author · Independent2024-01 – Present
Purposeless Efficiency — Book I of a five-volume series on the political economy of efficiency.
- Drafted the manuscript to v4 at ~92,000 words; targeting 100,000 for first ship.
- Wrote long-form essays on corporatism, gamification, and incumbency that source the wider series.
- Researcher · Theseus2024-09 – Present
Knowledge system for monitoring ideological contradiction.
- Designed Noosphere, the contradiction-detection model behind the system.
- Deployed the live instance at thesescodex.com and grow its corpus as commitments surface.
skills
- EngineeringTypeScript · Next.js · React · Python · Postgres · SQL · Vercel
- Researchhypothesis decomposition · scenario analysis · Bayesian reasoning · first-principles modeling · structured argumentation · red-team review
- Communicationlong-form essays · manuscript drafting · design-partner interviews · operator briefings
- Operationsproduct strategy · fundraising · small-team hiring · OKR design