Do You Know This Story?

My fellow sci-fi buffs: do you know the name of the short story about this guy with a mesmerizing personality, he convinced people to be in constant, in-person contact with each other?

Like even in public bathrooms, no privacy, no one was allowed to be alone. Then the galaxy police came & sent him away & had to deprogram the populace? At the end he was left to play in the sand and was busy trying to control the ants. Anybody know this story? It's scratching around my brain.

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