That's a perfect description of my feelings on the matter, actually. If the community had really cared about protecting the home, why wasn't it on a list of protected/historical properties? Surely Portland has something like that, right?

Maybe the house just isn't that significant?

Either way, I don't feel the new building looks like it lives up to the name "Deku Tree Retreat".

He can do whatever he wants with his property, within the law of course, but at the same time, I find it hard to believe that he won't have moved on to the next thing within a few years, ultimately having done this for nothing.

Why do you conclude that Kevin Rose only cares about Kevin Rose? Is it just because some unspecified number of people have protested the demolition, or do you have more information?

It seems to be a pattern with him that he is completely oblivious about how his actions affect other people:

http://readwrite.com/2008/11/24/kevin_rose_apologizes_for_se...

Maybe I should have phrased it differently.

He does stuff like this regularly and it isn't the same topic.

It'd be one thing if he had a specific area of interest and/or politics that causes issues [e.g. BDSM, Socialist] but it seems in his case it is just being too self absorbed to care. Holding unpopular beliefs/behaviors is something I can understand and respect. Repeatedly being a dick just because you want your way, I can't.