Regarding “too little learned”, maybe let’s take a wider view:
there are ways more people sitting with seforim in this generation than in earlier ones – so many people are able not to work; books and tapes and teachers available; …
Are we better off than previous generation in middos and limud? I am not sure about middos, but one observant (in multiple ways) ger tzedek remarked – proportionally to number of learners, we should have 100 Rambams every 20 years, and if we do not see them, there is a problem somewhere.
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