A Dual Review of What’s New, Starring Malcolm Gladwell and Sarah Silverman
Malcolm Gladwell, longtime New Yorker scribe, counterintuitive theorist and entertaining public speaker whose best seller ‘‘David and Goliath’’ challenges the way we think about adversity and success, takes on Sarah Silverman, controversial comedian, actress and equal-opportunity offender who once sang “You’re Going to Die Soon” to a group of senior citizens. An album of her HBO comedy special, “We Are Miracles,” is out now.
| The lazy susan has been unjustly forgotten. The idea that somebody would bring it back with a splash of style is fantastic. I’m lovin’ it. |
LAZY SUSAN
 Kelly Behun’s hypnotic rotating tray($525, suiteny.com). | I live a very bachelor kind of life — I make toast and drink water out of coffee mugs. It would never occur to me to have a lazy susan. How lazy do you have to be not to just reach over and grab the salt? |
| This doesn’t even look like an egg — it looks like a cylindrical piece of cheap plastic. I can’t imagine what door would be enhanced by this little egglike protuberance abutting it. |
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA EGG
 A silicone doorstop ($90 for a set of 2, 212-989-7612). | It looks exactly like an egg, but it has this really heavy weight, which feels good. I don’t think I’d go to the store and be like, I need this. It’s not my thing. |
| I’m not sure about the problem it’s trying to solve. I already get aromas at the end of my fork. Until I’m convicted of some serious offense and end up in prison, it’s not going to be very useful. |
SCENTED CUTLERY
| Why do you need a smell with your food? Maybe I’m not sophisticated, but it screams “rich white people who need new things to buy.” |
| Tell me again why I want my ring to remind me about texts? I have a phone that does that. This is the technological version of iatrogenesis — it’s causing the problem, not resolving it. |
SMART RING
 Ringly, which vibrates and lights up to notify you of texts and event reminders (from $195, ringly.com). | Maybe I’ll eventually be like, I can’t believe I ever lived without this ring. Until then, I would rather carry my phone than be wearing something this flashy. |
| I wouldn’t eat a dog, but crickets? It turns a guilty pleasure into an even guiltier pleasure, with a little insecticide attached. Any time I can get fat and destroy nature in one go is kind of a win-win. |
BUG TREAT
| I knew I was going to smoke pot last night. I said, I’ll come back and I’ll eat these cookies. Thank God I read the bag and didn’t just tear into it — I’m just not a carnivore. |
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