(Perhaps using a measure of computation performed, instead of a static measure of entropy, would address that.)
This is exactly what I have been thinking for a while also. In this view, when thinking about how bad it would be to destroy something, one should think about how much computation it would take to recreate it. I think this seems like a really promising idea, because it gives a unified reason to be against both murder and destruction of the rain forests.
Still, it is probably not enough to consider only the amount of computation—one could come up with counterexamples of programs computing really boring things...
This is exactly what I have been thinking for a while also. In this view, when thinking about how bad it would be to destroy something, one should think about how much computation it would take to recreate it. I think this seems like a really promising idea, because it gives a unified reason to be against both murder and destruction of the rain forests.
Still, it is probably not enough to consider only the amount of computation—one could come up with counterexamples of programs computing really boring things...