Saddened at the passing of my colleague Jon Hodge – when I first left the lab bench and moved into history and philosophy of science (HPS), I found myself on a very steep learning curve. But throughout this tough time, Jon was always welcome source of support and inspiration. I learned a lot from him, but perhaps the most important lesson he taught me was in a 2016 public lecture that he gave with Dr. Laura Sellers in which he warned against the allure of reductive, simplistic narratives in what is a very complex world. It was intended at the time as advice to budding historians to think critically about popular historical narratives but as I look around at the world in 2025, I think that Jon’s cautionary words echo far beyond the lecture theatres and seminar rooms of academia…Thanks Jon, you’ll be missed.