Reply To: Does Hashem Want Us to Survive?

How do we know that nobody today reaches the level of earlier Gedolim?
R’ Elyashiv zt”l once compared R’ CHaim Kanievsky zt”l to a Rishon – when the famous story with the grasshopper occurred, he said that this is something only Rishonim were zoche to experience. Obviously it’s extremely rare to have individuals reach these heights, but I don’t think it’s impossible.