> Curiosity here refers to a kind of "information gluttony/lust", a kind of wandering eye. It's the same impulse that afflicts busybodies and gossips in that the desire to know has been unhinged from reason. You don't need to know most of that stuff and most of it is of little value to you.

Ow. I'm in this picture and don't like it. But that is a wonderful phrase, thank you for introducing it to me.