We have literally beat nature on this one. Basically every advanced society's first step into being an advanced society is building up a network of dams and reservoirs that control their rivers.
This is not some hideous expensive failed project, this is one of the most successful enterprises that every society in the course of humankind has done.
This is like saying that farming is a failure.
Vim really is an IDE, not a text editor. It's usable as an editor but overkill.
Nano serves a difference purpose. It's like telling someone on a bike that a mustang is better.