User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-24955665-20160812002932/@comment-4867780-20160817020718

Lawrence is all about success and happiness, and happiness is the opposite of suffering. In real life suffering is inescapable and success very limited simply because of a lack of true power, so we reasonably try to find some value and meaning in our harships to make life more bearable.

But in the end suffering is just suffering, and the undeniable fact we spend most of our time and energy avoiding it as much as possible clearly proves it's ultimately just a nasty pain in the ass we would be so much better of without.

His perspective is that you can grow marvelously (and much better) in a very happy environment, and that's notably what the childhood, education and lifestyle in Selforge City illustrate. Even the central quote directly reflects this philosophy ("with great power comes an awesome life"). The only challenge is to make good use of it, power remaining a simple tool in service of happiness.