> "It is true that people chase citations, but only because they are a surrogate for impact." I think the author would agree, although he is making the distinc

> "It is true that people chase citations, but only because they are a surrogate for impact." I think the author would agree, although he is making the distinction between impact in academic circles vs impact in society. His claim is that impact in academic circles has become out of touch with impact in society. > If anything, when I meet people in industry they often think non-practical research isn't worth doing even if it might have long-term value. Is there a way to measure how much non-practical research ends up having long-term value? Intuitively, the marginal utility of a 115th definition of a circular economy doesn't seem worth the academic man power yet that is what the author is being incentivized to work on because citation culture in academia.