Complex sentence: Meeting fundamental human needs (Manfred Max-Neef) is essential, however, the way we go about creating desires and satisfying those real and marketed individual needs is also a root cause of many of societal challenges we face today.
Split into simpler sentences: Meeting fundamental human needs (Manfred Max-Neef) is essential. However, the way we go about satisfying those individual needs is a root cause of many of the challenges we face today.