In the end, I think it's about supply and demand, so if his idea increases demand, then yes - I think it would help. My personal opinion is that the best way to increase STEEM's value is still to have more of it powered-up. This reduces the supply in the markets and it also creates more investors who have the "profit motive" and also the ability and motivation to direct rewards to the most valued content creators.

One thing that we have been really bad at here is making the case to recruit curator-investors. If we could get better at bringing in that type of stakeholder, I think STEEM's value would benefit from it.