How to Get Attention and Read Academic Papers

"Get a lot of attention, impress people who regularly read academic papers," he tweeted. "Most books that have any value to them, come from academic research." He later backtracked on the tweet and said his comments were taken out of context. 'I would worry about saying something like that in my head I'm trying to ask myself, would I say something like that? And I don't see myself doing it'