Logan Ury
Director of Relationship Science, Hinge. On 2 shows, 3 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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A Harvard-educated behavioral scientist and former leader of Google's Irrational Lab, she applies behavioral economics to modern dating as Director of Relationship Science at Hinge. She authored the bestselling book How to Not Die Alone and appeared as a dating coach on Netflix's The Later Daters.
2shows
3appearances
56statements
22resolved
20supported
0contradicted
91%fully supported
Everything Logan Ury said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Ury: US men are more religious than women for the first time
“For the first time in history, men in the U.S. Are more religious. They're more likely to go to church than women, and we're just seeing that men and women are really being polarized.”
Ury: Arranged marriages become happier than love marriages after five years
“So when you compare love marriages versus arranged marriages, love marriages usually start off happier, but around the five year mark, arranged marriages are happier.”
Ury: Men's peer groups provide more personal growth than traditional therapy
“I think it's better than therapy, because most therapists are female, so having your wife or having your female therapist tell you what to do, I think that's fine, but having a council of peers who can really relate to you and create a safe space for you to be…”
Ury: Using slightly less attractive lookalikes in photos boosts perceived attractiveness
“There is a funny theory in behavioral science, which is that people don't make decisions in a vacuum. They make decisions through comparison. So if you have a friend who looks like you, but is slightly less attractive, then that'll make you look even more attr…”
Logan Ury: Gen Z daters want real-life romance but lack rejection resilience
“So I think we're having this issue with Gen Z where they don't necessarily want to be on apps. They want to be meeting people in real life, but they don't have The social skills to do it. And so there's this huge problem with the younger daters that I talked t…”
Ury: The educational and employment mating gap will continue to widen
“I think that we are going to continue to have this mating gap where, as you say, women continue to thrive in terms of education and employment, and then there just aren't enough
Great guys for them”
Ury: Prioritizing looks in dating fails because novelty decays
“And so it's just this idea of, yes, a lot of what is sexually exciting to people is novelty. And so instead of being disappointed or frustrated by that in a monogamous long-term relationship, you can just think about the fact that I acknowledge that that will …”
Ury: Prioritize Dating Earlier When Lifestyle Flexibility and Dating Pools Are Larger
“Start prioritizing dating when you're younger. You have a more flexible lifestyle. You have a bigger population of single people to choose from”
Ury: Persistent 40-50% divorce rate shows traditional marriage needs rethinking
“With the divorce rate being at 40 to 50% over the last 40 years, we've really seen that this one-size-fits-all version of marriage Doesn't work for most people. So if you have a product and 50% of people are returning it, then maybe you need to rework that pro…”
Logan Ury: Soulmates do not exist and multiple partners can work
“There's not really such thing as the right choice. I don't believe in soulmates. I think that you could have many great relationships with many great people, and you get to decide, is this the person that I want to do it with?”
Ury: Securely attached people leave dating pools faster, skewing remaining demographics
“What happens is 50% of the population is secure, which sounds like a good thing, but those people are so good at being in relationships that they often get snatched up, and you have the anxious and avoidant people dating each other.”
Logan Ury: Dating is an acquired skill, not an instinct
“Dating is a skill, so we're born knowing how to love, we have these natural instincts, but nobody teaches you how to date, and dating is actually pretty new in the span of human history”
Ury: Maximizers risk getting left behind in dating
“I think that maximizers do really well in a lot of areas of life, but when it comes to dating, they can actually get left behind in their search for perfection.”
Ury: Research shows satisficers are happier than maximizers
“The research shows that between maximizers and satisficers, satisficers are often happier because it's not that they settle or have a low bar. It's that when they find something that meets their bar, they just buy it or accept it or move in whatever the matter…”
Ury: One in seven UK men aged 16 to 24 are NEET
“There's this report from the UK called the Lost Boys Report. It shows that among men in the UK, 16 through 24. One in seven are NEAT, which stands for Non-Education, Employment, or Training, and this number went up 40% during the pandemic for men, only seven p…”
Ury: Women make up 60 percent of US college enrollment
“So right now, 60% of enrollment in college is women. Soon it's gonna be two-thirds.”
Ury: US marriage rate nears record low as fertility drops
“The marriage rate is nearing an all time low in the U.S. The fertility rate has dropped 20% in 20 years, and so truly, if fewer people are getting together, fewer marriages, fewer babies, this is actually a crisis for humanity.”
Ury: Commenting on lower dating profile prompts yields more original matches
“Guys are often lazy and they only comment on like the first picture or the first prompt on a girl's profile. So if you actually scroll down and you comment on something lower, you have a higher chance of being more original because fewer people have just ever …”
Ury: Only 11 percent of people experience love at first sight
“Only 11% of people
Experience love at first sight, and many people develop feelings over time”
Ury: Happy couples turn toward bids 86 percent of the time
“Successful couples that have happy, long marriages, they turn towards each other, 86% of the time. And this, the couples that break up, or are the relationship disasters, they only turn towards each other, 33% of the time.”
Ury: Support responses outperform shift responses by demonstrating curiosity
“Support responses help that person go deeper, and so you might think that they're equal, but people actually appreciate the support responses more because it shows Curiosity about the other person, and it makes them feel interesting.”
Ury: Early Romantic Chemistry Is Often Anxiety Triggered by Ambiguity
“The second myth is that if you feel the spark, it's definitely a good thing, and actually, sometimes certain people give us the spark because we actually don't know how they feel about us, so sort of that hot, cold feeling makes us wonder, does he like me? Doe…”
Logan Ury: Long-Term Partners Define the Version of Yourself You Become
“And probably the most important one, what side of me did they bring out? Because whatever side of you are with that person is who you'll be for a big majority of your life if you end up with that person.”
Ury: Dating like a scientist to test partner assumptions yields happier outcomes
“Being more in touch with who you are, how you show up in different situations, what personality traits trigger you to feel more anxious or insecure, all of that is data that just helps you be a happier person, and so something that I really promote people do i…”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Logan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 KNOWLEDGE PROJECTLEDGER | Director of Relationship Science, Hinge | 2 | 36 | 92% 12/13 | full record on the Knowledge Project → |
 MY FIRST MILLIONLEDGER | Director of Relationship Science, Hinge | 1 | 20 | 89% 8/9 | full record on My First Million → |