Benefits of working in Academia are completely different that industry.
I would argue that while working in academia one has to be research oriented, keep on learning everyday, search for new ideas, work with students, freedom of deciding on work hours, contributing towards the field and having long term benefits. Nevertheless academia projects are not short term result oriented. They are constantly repeating and long term based projects with or without funding.I had a chance to work in Academia as a Professor for couple of years. The challenge is to pass on knowledge.
Whereas arguing that industry has been helpful in providing the best out of academia. Industry is mainly money oriented. Profits a major component, it has direct and tangible impact, problem solving in short term, target achievements, focus on technical work.