The donkeys are reputed for wearing blinkers, so that they stay the course and ignore all else that’s going on around them. This trait appears to be serving their owners well, as the donkeys are dispatched to deliver cargo on their backs, unsupervised.
That’s to say as the world invests in drones and other sophisticated technologies, the people of Lamu could spend another eon using their donkeys as they have done since the beginning of time. Lamu is reputed for its narrow tracks that are only navigable by foot or donkey.