Wednesday assorted links

1. “Australian abattoirs are adopting AI to count sheep, allowing farmers and processors to sleep more easily at night after decades of rows over miscounts stoked distrust in the outback.” (FT)

2. Richard Ngo on educational signaling theories.

3. “There is no secular alternative. There has never been one.”

4. Should the buses be free?

5. Dominicans vs. Franciscans.

6. Africa fact of the day.

7. Is Europe’s problem labor law?

8. Arbitrage in Singaporean aunties? The country is getting more interesting again.