This is a well explained argument but I feel like it would do little or nothing to solve the current issues on Steemit. A quick non-scientific study of the Steemit community shows that the people with the largest stake that basically have a larger influence on the rewards on posts barely do any curation themselves even though they would earn generously from it.

Instead of bots you would have the curation trails of people with massive SP basically hording all the rewards.

And to be honest, I doubt even the good quality content creators would stay if they were not earning majority of the rewards. Would it really be worth it for them? I don't think so.

People always find a way to maximise their earnings without working too hard for it and that is what I feel would happen.

Personally, I feel that the UI really affects curation the most. It basically discourages interaction because you don't get alerts. If that would be implemented I feel curation would go through the roof.

Great post @schattenjaeger. Your thoughts were well put together.