> If you're conducting a business relationship, why are you talking about trust in the first place?

Please don't downvote /u/ThePadawan for this. It is an important foundational question. It is a hard question to answer in the same way that "If you're forging steel, why are you talking about iron crystal structures in the first place?" is a hard question to answer.

I'd be keen to read an answer from someone more articulate than I.