Then the nature of the universe (so far as we understand it) is "bad".
This is a weird line of thought, but I'll bite.
The universe it constantly trying to kill us all. It's entropy. Life is fundamentally fighting against that entropy to keep itself well, alive.
So yes, in our "living thing" world view the whole universe is always trying to kill us (life) and we (life) are locked in a constant existential battle with entropy to stay alive.
So to oversimplify it yes, we (life) are good and the universe is evil in this thought experiment.
The same could be said for ants building rafts to survive a flood. That seems like life fighting against entropy to survive to me.
If I remember correctly, life actually increases the rate of entropy. So, conceptually, the more life, the faster the universe approaches heat death.
It turns my world view upside down, but that's good.
I've been seeing it as the universe tearing us down this whole time. Really it's us tearing the universe down.
Somehow this is much more comforting to me. Thank you!
"inventing the polio vaccine" was just a set of deterministic interactions between atoms in Jonas Salk's brain. During that entire process, entropy only increased, the universe further unwinds itself.
Shows up in Christian Orthodox theology, IIRC.