I do not feel that technology has killed common sense though I do feel it has made us more lazy as a group of human beings. We are the only animal on the planet that look to technology for help all other animals survive daily by natural instincts and fears.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.