Similarly, if you discover some endangered species on your property, current law encourages you to bulldoze it immediately before anyone else finds out.
Indeed. Best to destroy old buildings and pave over natural ecosystems, just in case. This is the way of perverse incentives.
Oh, and when building new buildings, make them as unremarkable and boring as possible, so they won't become historic in the future. Why take the chance? Indeed, make them ugly so the government might decide to pay you to get rid of them.
