Just saying that Swift aims to be safe, fast, and expressive is a very general statement. I'm sure everyone here could define those 3 things differently. Which is probably why the "Expressive" section states:
Basically what I glean from those goals is that Swift is always changing and the end goal is really a moving target. Nothing concrete about what is actually being done to/for swift.
I think what many developers (like myself) are looking for is a more specific set of goals. Yes, those are the general goals of the swift language as a whole, but what is being done to achieve those? What does it take to say that my idea for a proposal matches the criteria of being safe, expressive, and fast?
How are we replacing C-based languages across multiple platforms? (Or at least how have we enabled them to be replaced?) What APIs are being/should be written to make swift more expressive and easier/safer to use? Which algorithms are commonly implemented in other languages that Swift is working to implement "faster" and/or "safer"? And the best question (or at least my personal favorite), when are all of these things being implemented in swift?
I'm not alone in saying I want the specifics of what can be/is being done to achieve those very broad goals. I'm sure that whatever list of specifics we come up with today will be different a year from now, but breaking down the broad, generic goals into a smaller set of achievable goals can help give a lot of direction and comfort to the community.
I also think the core team tends to agree that the community needs/deserves more specifics, which is why they've begun asking for community feedback or even stating some of those more specific goals.
There's a lot more that goes into making swift as a whole safe, fast, and expressive than just making new things safe, fast, and expressive.