So incomplete. the reason a child learns in this way is most often the mirroring of a child who loves his/her parent. The inherent level of trust we have for a parent as a child causes us to have a motivating desire to mimic or emulate. To this guys point, no doubt we curate. But to say it is for survival cannot be the answer due to the degree to which we emulate. if it was merely to mimic activities which promote survival or reproductive fitness, then sure. But our mimicry goes so far beyond the lowest level of Maslows Heirarchy. Children mimic their parents to form an associative identity. people follow online influencers and chew Tide Pods also do so for an associative identity. the question is what you value. what you value, you will pursue and what you pursue you will worship. here, we embody the thing we worship. The question, what should we curate should always follow the explicit question, what do we worship?