Years ago there was a tv show called "Connections". It featured people putting together two unrelated ideas to create something entirely new. Many of those unexpected ideas produced things that we find commonplace today.It seems that that is happening more frequently now with our ability to communicate with so many people over the different types of media available today.
I think the internet is an indirect product of "connections". If we are wise, not jealous, possessive, or greedy, the internet can be that market place for pure ideas. Maybe Mahalo could create a space for people to begin to throwout ideas for others to look at, consider, and connect with.
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.