It is first worth noting that I think these questions directly assume a functionalist philosophy of mind, by loosening this I believe you do not hit as many of these issues.
Your question in 1 is discussed in Qualia Research Institute’s Against Functionalism (specifically the section Objection 6: Mapping to reality). Though perhaps a better area to explore this is the discussion of absent mental states in philosophy of mind. I think there is a mapping from allowing non-bijective internal experiences in functionalism, to non-bijective mappings of computation substrate to simulations. Finally, on a grander scale related to your first question—Greg Egan’s Permutation City explores simulations running eternally on anything. I would suggest this is an enjoyable way of exploring this topic.
The question of where the moral value lies in flipbooks is discussed in Tomasik’s Eternalism and Its Ethical Implications (specifically the section What is the ontological primitive?). Villiam has also noted Yudkowski’s Timeless Physics.
It is first worth noting that I think these questions directly assume a functionalist philosophy of mind, by loosening this I believe you do not hit as many of these issues.
Your question in 1 is discussed in Qualia Research Institute’s Against Functionalism (specifically the section Objection 6: Mapping to reality). Though perhaps a better area to explore this is the discussion of absent mental states in philosophy of mind. I think there is a mapping from allowing non-bijective internal experiences in functionalism, to non-bijective mappings of computation substrate to simulations. Finally, on a grander scale related to your first question—Greg Egan’s Permutation City explores simulations running eternally on anything. I would suggest this is an enjoyable way of exploring this topic.
The question of where the moral value lies in flipbooks is discussed in Tomasik’s Eternalism and Its Ethical Implications (specifically the section What is the ontological primitive?). Villiam has also noted Yudkowski’s Timeless Physics.