Because AGI is not merely a more advanced tool for answering questions. As AI systems gain access to tools, infrastructure, capital, machines, institutions, and decision processes, they may begin to participate in execution.
At that point, the issue becomes civilizational: who decides what intelligence is allowed to do? Who can stop it?
Who bears responsibility after action occurs? LERA matters because it places judgment and governance before execution power scales beyond human control.
It does not remove the need for law, politics, ethics, institutions, or human responsibility. But it gives those things a structural place before action occurs.
LERA is not only about safer AI. It is about keeping execution under judgment and governance.
LERA matters for civilization because it asks who or what may act when intelligence gains operational reach.