The obvious answer is that verbal intelligence is what's largely used in negotiation, recognition, and diffusing of ideas to non-visual people... see, ie, Jobs

The obvious answer is that verbal intelligence is what's largely used in negotiation, recognition, and diffusing of ideas to non-visual people... see, ie, Jobs getting a lion's share of credit for his various teams' work. Mind you, I think Jobs deserves most of that credit. Great verbal ability captivates damn near everyone, and pulls the world forwards, whereas great visual/spatial requires someone equally skilled to truly appreciate. Anyways. I think things are going to get better, sharing credit and humanitarian ethics, along with transparency rising will help a lot. But to answer the question, "Why Don’t We Value Spatial Intelligence?" I think Occam's answer would be, "Because Spatially Intelligent People Don't Always Verbally Promote Themselves Well."