The non-linear system you would be most familiar with to respond with change through feedback is the brain. The feedback can come as a reaction to stimuli initiated by the environment, or in the case of sentient species, they can simulate the feedback with imagination.
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.