Clay Collins, author of the blog The Growing Life wrote this guest post for Penelope Trunk's blog about why Generation Y is so productive. His reasons include:

They use the best tools
They're good at automating
They get better sleep
They're much more likely to love their jobs
They stay up to date in their fields
They're experimental
They don't "go through the motions"

Check out the full post here and let me know if you agree with his logic or has Gen Y been so supported and encouraged by their parents that they just think that they are more productive (or am I just a cynical Gen Xer?)