One good application that comes to mind in this case would be the Google Chrome bug bounty program.

The writer of this exploit was almost certainly paid more than the bug bounty reward.

Yeah, that’s a hard thing. Because the exploit is almost certainly worth more to the buyer than having it fixed is worth to Google.

> having it fixed is worth to Google

For now, I hope. Google can and should pay equivalent amounts.

Sure. I'm not saying that the moral way is just as profitable as the alternative; only that it exists.

Agreed, exploits on the deep Web pay 10x what the big bounty programs do, the mismatch is laughable

Don't improve the product, just find dumber customers!

Don’t lose weight, just buy bigger trousers!

Don’t take personal responsibility, just blame society!

Of course it's both.

Personal responsibility is important. And even if you're bored, there are things to do other than hacking.

But working mind-numbing jobs , way below one's skills and talents happens to such a large share of people.

Maybe it's a sign to a problem with society ?

Sadly, i had a big argue with my team and they kept pressing me into doing exactly the first thing. "Success depends on optimizing the sales and optimization is done by money/brains metric". Something i'm not really ready to accept (yet).