Astronomers and many other scientists are familiar with this problem of extinction of most species by objects from space. But those are not the ones that need an attitude change. Politicians cannot sell increases in monitoring and advancing experiments on avoidance.
They don't generate votes from the electorate. And who are the electorate? The ones who might be affected by a BIG KABOOM FROM SPACE!
It'll be interesting to read all the end of the world predictions when Apophis makes its flyby in 2029.
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.