From: The Princess Bride

Inigo Montoya: Who are you?
Westley: No one of consequence.
Inigo Montoya: I must know...
Westley: Get used to disappointment.
Inigo Montoya: 'kay.

I don't feel curiosity is related to gossip, it's how 2 year olds function, the reason they find their way around their world. Curiosity is necessary! If we weren't curious, we wouldn't wonder or try anything new, we'd just stick with what we knew, wouldn't combine things to get new things. It's how we learn! You have to care, which curiosity helps, in order to want something new. For me, it makes caring happen. I can't care about "you" if I don't wonder/am not curious about you for some reason. I have to be curious about what you think to ask you, "Hey, Mouse, what do you think?" and then, based on your answer, decide if you're like me or not or interesting enough for me to care about If you don't think, don't respond, it will be harder to care about you because you don't satisfy my curiosity about you enough for me to find out if you're safe and "like me" enough to engage fully with.