Reminds me of this sentence in this post about ‘Elvish technology’ https://essays.georgestrakhov.com/elvish/

> The Elves do not imitate nature, they let nature do its magic and try to help it as best as they can. Allowing nature to solve a problem is extremely effective and efficient. The only downside is that it usually takes a lot of time - precisely the thing that the immortals have plenty of.