I think that we do eventually get there, but demand for ergonomic chairs isn't as high as normal chairs because we have a whole other set of systems going on inside us that we are not usually aware of that shape the choices we make. Aesthetics being one, i dare say sexually motivated!
I think that its the complexity of our own internal systems filtering information and our desires that is our limitation.
Bottom-up = evolved. Its smaller feedback loops. Quicker iteration - live testing. Try everything until something works.
Top-down = planned. Its a larger cycle, but still a feedback loop. You need to re-analyze a system before you can maintain it. It involves human interaction or systems built by humans. Make changes until it works.
Its usually foresight / unintended consequences that we miss that nature has already been there, done that.
I think that its the complexity of our own internal systems filtering information and our desires that is our limitation.
Bottom-up = evolved. Its smaller feedback loops. Quicker iteration - live testing. Try everything until something works.
Top-down = planned. Its a larger cycle, but still a feedback loop. You need to re-analyze a system before you can maintain it. It involves human interaction or systems built by humans. Make changes until it works.
Its usually foresight / unintended consequences that we miss that nature has already been there, done that.