Can someone explain this hadith

[Muwahhid]

Ibn Mas'ud was heard to say, "You are living at a time when there are many men of understanding and few orators. There are few who ask and many who give. In it there is more action than diversion. After you there will come a time when there are few men of understanding and many orators. There will be many who ask and few who give. Guidance in it directs action. Know that right guidance at the end of time is better than some actions."
Hasan (Al-Albani)
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 789
Book 33, Hadith 36

Im wondering if anyone knows of this saying of Ibn Mas'ud and can explain the meaning at the end where he says "...right guidance at the end of time is better than some actions"