Sharing personal stories of the impact that superheroes have had on his life, Lawrence Raia explores our cultural obsession with superheroes, and what role it plays in helping us to connect with real life heroes.

Lawrence is a junior who has a deep and unending passion for the beautiful world of comics. Self-identifying as the progeny of Batman, Lawrence will talk to you today about why we idolize superheroes. He will talk about why they are entirely necessary to our world.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx